Lai: No other president would have performed better than Buhari
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, on Friday said but for the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari the country’s economy would have collapsed.
According to a statement issued by Segun Adeyemi, spokesman of the minister, Mohammed said this during a courtesy visit to Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of the state, shortly before the commencement of the Hausa town hall meeting in the ancient city.
“For the fact that God loves this country, if any other political party had won the election, there would have been no economy to talk about. They wouldn’t have the courage or discipline to manage the economy,” he said.
The minster said through prudent management of resources and the introduction of creative ideas to block leakages, the president was gradually reviving the economy, and assured Nigerians that there is indeed light at the end of the tunnel.
“This government, more than any government, has been working very hard because this is one government that genuinely believes in the people; it is one government that really cares for the poorest of the poor. For the first time we have a president whose integrity is actually driving the country,” he said.
He therefore appealed to Nigerians to be patient as the change they voted for would be gradual, adding that the past one year had been spent in laying a solid foundation for the country.
While describing the Kano town hall meeting as unique because the medium of communication is an indigenous language, the minister said the idea of the town hall meetings was to communicate directly with the people and also feel their pulse on government policies and programmes.
“The idea of the town hall meeting came when we realised that our message was not getting down to the people. When we issue a press release or we have a press conference, it is so watered down, it’s sifted and everybody takes his story from his or her own angle. So we decided that it’s better we address the people directly,” he said.
In his remarks, Ganduje hailed the minister for introducing the town hall meeting, particularly in indigenous languages, and said it is the surest way of bridging the gap between the government and the people.
“To decide to have the town hall meeting in a vernacular language, I think there is no better style and initiative than that single decision of the honourable minister,” he said.
The governor said following the analysis conducted after the election, it was discovered that not only APC members voted for the president, but that it was the consensus of opinions to pull Nigeria from the brink and return the country to the path of growth and sustainable development.
This is a lie. But Y? LAI MUHAMMED
We will suffer the consequences of this govt for the next 3 years.
If GEJ had won he would have done the following among others by now:
1. He would have Ngozi or have appointed more economic gurus to run the economy.
2. He would have executed the reports of the sovereign national conference thus establishing the country on a sound foundation.
3. He would have removed the gas subsidy.
4. He would have continued with therehabilitation and building of more roads.
5. He would have continued the fight against Boko Haram,
5. He would have taken a more aggressive approach to the fight against corruption knowing that this would be his last taste of power thus wanting to leave a legacy.
6.There would have been economic stability that would have continued to encourage foreign investors ,right now no one knows what Buhari’s economic policy is and this is scaring foreign investors away from Nigeria.
7. GEJ would have become his own man not dancing to the tunes of those who brought him to power . This would have emboldened him to run the nation on the right part.