Nigeria’s Information Minister,
Lai Mohammed, has given reasons Nigerians should stop criticizing President
Muhammadu Buhari’s Independence Day speech.
A lot of Nigerians have
criticized Buhari’s speech, saying that it fell short of what they expected on
such an occasions.
But reacting to the criticisms
that have trailed the speech since October 1, on AIT’s Focus Nigeria, the
Minister said the President wouldn’t have said anything else apart from the
things he told Nigerians.
According to him, President
Buhari, in his speech, addressed the most important challenges facing the
country.
Lai Mohammed said, “57 years
after, I’m still optimistic that Nigeria will be great. Living together for 57
years with all the challenges; with all the ups and downs show that we are
growing stronger. I think there’s hope for Nigeria.
“Oh yes, there’ll be agitations
here and there; there’ll be ups and downs; But I think in this administration,
we are getting our priorities right. We are focused on the economy; we are
focused on governance; we are focused on things that will improve the quality
of lives of Nigerians.
On president Buhari’s
Independence speech, he said, “I think it depends on how the people look at the
Independent Day speech of President Muhammadu Buhari. The President started
with what I think is the most important thing: The unit of this country.
“Then he went to the issue of
security; the issue of the economy and then the issue of fighting corruption. I
think these are issues that are genuine; these are issues without which we
cannot move forward. He is telling us that if we don’t have a secured country,
there won’t be any development.
“If we do not have unity, there
won’t be any development. Mr. President is taking advantage of history to say
that ‘I have fought in a civil war before and I know the horrors of a civil war
that its not a joke and nobody should even toil with it.’ I think Mr. President
was very frank and he expressed his concern on what he thinks is important to
this country.
“And of course, if the President
does not talk about the achievements of the government on that day, what else
is he supposed to talk about? Nigerians don’t want to hear what you want to do
as much as what you have done.”
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