The Federal Government says Nigeria has made tremendous
progress and better than 2015 when the opposition Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) was in power.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed
said this on Monday when he featured on Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) live
programme, “Good Morning Nigeria”
Speaking on the programme monitored by the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN), the minister said the Buhari’ government had met the
expectations of Nigerians and true to its mandate giving the time frame and
circumstances.
The minister said the attempts to de-market the government and in the process the country were the handwork of die-hard naysayers and very vocal minority.
Speaking on the administration’s achievements, the minister
said in 2015, the entire North East region was inaccessible and 20 of the 27
Local Government Areas in Borno were under the occupation and control of Boko
Haram insurgents.
He said presently no portion or part of Nigeria territory was
under the occupation and control of insurgents.
Mohammed recalled that in 2015, Nigeria was number one
importer of rice from Thailand but with the administration’s policies and
programmes on agriculture, the country is self-sufficient in the staple and food
in general.
He said millions of farmers had been empowered with the
Anchor Borrowers Programme while the number of rice mills in the country had
been increased from two in 2015 to 60 presently
Under the administration’s social intervention programmes,
the minister said 10 million pupils were being fed daily while two million
households were benefitting from Conditional Cash Transfer among others.
Mohammed said the administration had constructed 17,000 kms
of new roads and rehabilitated 8,000 kms across the country
“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.
In spite all the sabotage, today we have working, the
Lagos-Ibadan railway, Abuja-Kaduna railway and Ajaokuta- Warri railway which
were not in existence before we came,’’ he said.
The minister said the Buhari’ government would continue to
build a progressive and prosperous nation and would not be cowed or intimidated
by the naysayers.
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