Campaign Promises: Buhari is on the right track – Lai Mohammed

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration had fulfilled its campaign promises to address insecurity, fix the economy and fight corruption. Speaking at a meeting with the members of staff of the Nigerian Embassy in Madrid, Spain, he said Buhari was on the right track, Vanguard reports
The meeting was on the sideline of the minister’s two-day official visit to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). In the area of security, Mohammed said with the help of neighbouring African countries, the U.S., France and the G-8, Nigeria has been able to “decisively deal with Boko Haram.” He noted that when Buhari took over power, 14 of the 20 Local Government Areas of Borno, four in Adamawa and three in Yobe were under the sovereign authority of Boko Haram but with proactive measures, Buhari’s administration has been able to curb the activities of the insurgents.                               

 “Today, all the major highways leading to Maiduguri are opened and about two months ago, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) played a league match in Maiduguri stadium,” he said. In the area of economy, Mohammed said Buhari’s government inherited a messed up economy from its predecessors but they were implementing fiscal discipline and other measures to address the situation.