According to Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, Nigeria is now better off than it was in 2015, when President Buhari assumed office. On Monday, February 20, Mohammed made this statement while appearing on the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA).
Lai Mohammed stated during the broadcast that the Buhari-led administration had exceeded Nigerians’ expectations. The minister claimed that a vociferous minority and ardent critics were behind the efforts to de-market the government.
He said that the return of the 27 local governments that Boko Haram fighters had control over in 2015 is one of the numerous accomplishments of the Buhari-led administration.
He recalled that in 2015, Nigeria was the top importer of rice from Thailand, but thanks to the administration’s agricultural policies and programmes, the nation is now self-sufficient in both the staple food and other types of food.
Mohammed said that two million households were receiving Conditional Cash Transfers, among other things, and that 10 million students were receiving daily meals through the administration’s social intervention programmes.
“We completed the Lagos-Ibadan expressway as well as the second Niger bridge, which was a mirage for more than three decades. Also for more than three decades, Nigerians did not know what it means to travel by train until the Buhari government came to power” he said.
