Lai Mohammed, ministerial nominee
from Kwara state, says his seven-year-old grandson once asked him why people
refer to him as a liar.
Critics of Mohammed, especially
on social media, are fond of replacing his first name with “liar”.
Speaking when he appeared before
the senate for screening on Tuesday, the former minister of information said he
had ignored his critics until his grandson brought the issue to his attention.
“My name as appeared on the CV is
my correct name, which is Lai Mohammed. Don’t believe what they say on social
media,” he said.
“They call me all sorts of names
and I used to ignore it until one day when my seven-year-old grandson called me
and said ‘grandpa, tell me the truth, why do they call you lair Mohammed’?
“I looked at him. What do you say
to a seven year old? How do you explain politics to him? So I told him don’t
mind them, they are bad guys.”
Prior to his appointment as
minister in 2015, Mohammed had served as the spokesman of the All Progressives
Congress (APC).
He is among the 13 ministers
reappointed by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Mohammed had submitted himself
for questioning at the screening but some senators hailed him as a loyal party
man and requested that he should “take a bow and go”, a plea granted by Senate
President Ahmad Lawan.
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