A Chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, who spoke with BlackBox Nigeria, asked President Muhammadu Buhari, to resign over his statement that he is too old to work alone.‎

President Buhari while in South Africa yesterday admitted that his age would limit his performance as the President of the country.

Buhari, who was   a military governor at 33 and Head of State   at the age of 40, said he would have loved being a President when he was at a younger age . He will be 73 on December 17, 2015.

The President spoke with Nigerians resident in South Africa on Monday after taking part in the 25th assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union   in Johannesburg.

He said, "I wish I became Head of State when I was a governor, just a few years as a young man. Now at 72, there is a limit to what I can do."

Despite his advancement in age however, Buhari gave assurance that his administration would make a difference.

Buhari explained that   what brought him to his current position was his love for the country.

While explaining that he had occupied different positions like military governor of the North Eastern State, Minister of Petroleum Resources, Head of State and Chairman of the defunct Petroleum Trust Fund, he stated     people only remember his days at the PTF because he equipped hospitals and schools.

The President said, "I bought bed sheets and   X-ray machines for hospital and   buses for the schools.

"They (Nigerians) remember me more as chairman of the PTF than as a former Head of State, than a governor or a Minister of Petroleum.

"In spite of the fact that it was during my time that I signed the contract for the Warri Refinery, Kaduna Refinery, more than 3,500 pipelines and more than 20 depots.

"We got the tankers off the roads;   we saved lives; we saved fuel and we saved the roads.

"But from 1999 till date, the PDP   messed them up. That is why Nigerians decided to vote me."

Buhari said despite the money politics being played in Nigeria, his victories during APC's primary and the March 28 presidential elections had proved that Nigerians knew what they wanted .

He said some rejected inducement while some collected and still did exactly what they wanted to do when there was time to vote.

Buhari regretted that some "strong   Nigerians" were responsible for the destruction of strong institutions in the country.

He said, "We have a system in Nigeria. No matter what you say about the British colonialists, they built institutions for us, unfortunately we have destroyed those institutions.

"When (Barack) Obama came to Africa, he went to Ghana; he refused to come to Nigeria. And he said Africa or developing countries should have strong institutions instead of strong leaders.

"If he was in Nigeria, he would have known that it was strong Nigerians that destroyed the strong institutions. And paradoxically, maybe another strong Nigerian will come and revive the institutions and make them strong again."

Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.