Senate President, Bukola Saraki, yesterday told
President Buhari that Nigerians are currently
facing a tough time under this administration,
saying there is hardship in the land. Saraki said
this in his speech at the 2017 budget
presentation by President Buhari to a joint
session of the National Assembly.

"Mr. President, the feedback we get from
visits to our various constituencies is that
there is hardship in the land. We can see
it and we can feel it. This situation
therefore commands all of us as
government to a greater sense of urgency.
We cannot work magic, but we must
continue to work the clock. Our people
must see that the singular pre-occupation
of government is the search for solution to
the current economic hardship; and the
commitment to ease their burden. They
don’t want to know what political parties
we belong, what language we speak or
how we worship God. They have trusted
their fates into our hands, and they need
us now more than ever, to justify the trust
that they have reposed on us. The people
of Nigeria will pardon us if we do some
things wrong. But they will not forgive us
if we do nothing".