Abdulrahman Dambazau, minister of
interior, says President Muhammadu Buhari should be re-elected because Nigeria
cannot get anybody better than him.
He said this on Thursday at the
opening ceremony of the International Press Institute (IPI) world congress with
theme: “Why good journalism matters: Quality media for strong society”.
Dambazzu, in company of Kemi
Adeosun, minister of finance; Lai Mohammed, minister of information and Okey
Enelamah, minister of trade and investment, were asked by John Momoh, the
moderator, to tell the audience in one sentence why the president should be
re-elected.
“Continuity, Nigeria cannot get
anybody better than Buhari,” the minister of interior quipped.
When asked to rate the
performance of the federal government in checking Nigeria’s porous borders on a
scale of one to 10, the minister rated the government 10.
“This is a difficult thing you
are giving me because when you are talking about border security and management
it involves so many things. That is one,” he said.
“Secondly, from what I have said,
it isn’t something that is left to Nigeria alone. It is a regional problem that
we are working very closely with our neighbouring countries on. In our own
efforts, I will tell you 10/10.”
Mohammed said the ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC) has delivered its campaign promises.
“We promised Nigeria security, we
have provided security. We promised Nigerians that we were going to revive the
economy, we have revived the economy,” he said.
Enelamah said the president
deserves to be elected again because government had changed the narrative.
“We have focused on insecurity,
corruption among others, rather than saying that corruption is not a problem,”
he said.
Adeosun, who mentioned the
economic diversification of the present administration, said Buhari should be
re-elected “because the economy is well-positioned. Nigeria is on the path for
sustainable growth recovery.”
Adeosun had earlier said
infrastructure was one of the defining features of the administration.
She added “Our commitment to
strengthen the infrastructure is part of our plan. It was embedded in the
budget that was signed yesterday the huge amount that was budgeted for
infrastructure. In the next few months, you are going to see projected
completed. Some of these are multimillion naira projects. We are committed to that.”
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