Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says Atiku Abubakar,
presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), cannot see the
achievements of the current administration because he lives in Dubai.
After losing the presidential election in 2019, the former
vice-president was said to have spent most of his time in the Middle East
country.
Speaking at the seventh edition of the scorecard series of
the President Muhammadu Buhari administration in Abuja on Monday, the minister
said if anyone should accuse the current government of not doing anything, it
should not be Atiku.
“During his recent campaign in Akure, the former VP was
quoted as saying the APC had not done anything for Nigeria in eight years,”
Mohammed said.
“What a preposterous
statement from somebody who should know. I guess we can excuse His Excellency
the former vice-president who, until recently, had fully relocated to Dubai, thus
losing touch with Nigeria.
“Before this administration came into office, all the five
local government areas in Adamawa’s northern senatorial district were
effectively under the control of the Boko Haram terrorists.
“All state institutions, the local government
administration, the police, the judiciary, schools, hospitals and markets had
been sacked. Today, not an inch of these local governments in Adamawa, the home
state of the former vice-president, is under the control of terrorists.
“All institutions of
state have relocated back and are operational. All emirs and chiefs have
returned to their palaces.
“You can also see the irony of someone who held the number
two position in the country for all of eight years but could not positively
impact on his own hometown, state or region now condemning an administration
that has made it possible for him to even access his hometown — anytime he
flies in from his new hometown of Dubai!”
Mohammed added that Buhari’s administration has had a
positive impact on all parts of the country.
“No amount of fallacious soap box rhetorics can change this
fact,” the minister said.
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