Mr Buhari said while the governing APC was battling to retain power at the central, the opposition leaders were making bad tactics which made them lose the poll.
The Nigerian leader walked back his statement from last week in which he said he should be allowed to pick a successor.
The governor is said to have ordered the immediate payment of salaries to all teachers throughout the state.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said education is the best ticket to the full enjoyment of all human civil, socio-political and economic rights.
