Nigerians Are Not Being Fair On Us; The Buhari-led Govt Deserves More Commendation - Lai Mohammed

Nigeria's  Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has alleged that Nigerians have been unfair to the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari by failing to recognise its strides. He thinks the FG is not getting its deserved commendation.

The minister in a chat with newsmen argued the government is not being credited for still managing the economy well enough, even though some of her peers who are also experiencing economic recession are already sinking.

In his words, “Nobody is even giving us credit for being able to keep the ship of the state afloat. In Venezuela, which has a similar story like ours and has one of the world’s largest deposits of oil reserve, their leaders squandered all the money. Today, people are queuing up to buy soaps there. We are not saying people should start singing our praise for no reason, no, we are aware of the enormity of the challenges but we are up to the task.”

Mohammed also seized the moment to clear the air on the rummoured lopsidedness of appointments in the Buhari-led administration.

He vehemently debunked claims that any ethnic group was being favoured over the others, citing that a critical look will reveal that the appointments have been shared equally.

“In North-West, there have been 51 appointments; North-Central, 46; North-East, 45; South-East, 41; South-West, 45; and South-South, 45. Meanwhile, North-West has seven states, South-East, five states. If 41 appointments are made from the South-East and you divide by five, it is roughly eight per state. If you divide 45 in the South-West by the six states there, you get less than eight. If you divide North-West that has 51 by seven, you get just about seven. So what are we saying?” he added.