The Minister of
Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that President Muhammadu
Buhari deserved second term election because, in the past three and half years,
he has impacted positively in the lives of Nigerians.
The
minister who was a guest on Channels Television programme “Politics Today” on
Sunday night said the President had leveraged his legendary integrity and
acumen in managing resources both human and materials to reinvent governance.
He
stressed that Buhari had delivered on the three campaign promises he made which
were, fighting corruption, tackling insecurity and revamping the economy.
“Today,
under President Buhari, Nigerians can dream and hope because he has rebranded
governance and put the country on the path of sustainable growth and
development.
“He
is investing in infrastructure and reinventing the most ambitious social
programme in the history of the nation.
“The
President is ensuring that the people do not loot the common resources and
ensuring that Nigeria is self sufficient in food production
“Above
all, he has brought honour and respect back to the country and fighting all
sorts of insecurity in the country,” he said.
Reacting
to the allegation of non submission of the President’s certificate to INEC, the
minister said it was “a non issue and a mere distraction”
“We
have moved beyond that. Let me quote what former President Olusegun Obasanjo
said in 2015 during this saga of the President’s certificate.
“Obasanjo
said that it is an insult on a man, who rose to the echelon in Nigeria Army,
attended the War College in the US and Staff College in Nigeria, for anyone to
start asking whether he has a certificate or not.
“I
think I want to rest this case on that because it is a non issue,” the minister
said.
Speaking
on the President’s health, Mohammed said that the President had fully recovered
and fit to discharge his duties.
The
minister also said they were not worried by the endorsement of Alhaji Atiku
Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate, by Obasanjo because “it is Nigerians
that will decide who will govern them”.
No comments:
Post a Comment