Minister of Information and Culture, Mr. Lai Mohammed,has said President
Mohammadu Buhari is such a good product that is so easy to sell to the
international Community
The minister said this on Wednesday while speaking on the Good Morning
Nigeria programme, aired on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), on
Wednesday.
Speaking on the international community’s perception of the President,
he said: “I have a good product in President Buhari and selling him to
the international community was quite easy.
“What endears him to the international community is the achievement in
the economy; how he nurtured the economy from recession to growth,
recording six consecutive quarters of growth in the GDP.
“We have brought down inflation; foreign reserve has increased from
$27bn to $45bn. Our reforms have earned us accolade globally.
Post-election, we have witnessed $5bn investment in Nigeria.”
According to NAN, Mohammed also said the Nigerian government would not
allow a repeat of what happened during the administration of the 8th
assembly, which he said worked at cross-purposes with the executive arm
of government.
According to him, the All Progressives Congress (APC) is working to
ensure that the National Assembly and the executive have a good working
relationship that will bring about seamless executions of its agenda.
The minister said: “As far as we respect the independence of the
legislative arm of government, we also believe that, especially when a
party has done very well in both legislative and executive elections,
there should be synergy between the legislative and the executive arms
of government.
“I want to assure you that we are doing the right thing this time and we
will not end up with the kind of situation that we had from 2015 to
2019.
“We will not have a situation where it will seem that the leadership of
the National Assembly is working for the opposition, or where members of
the same party are working at cross-purposes.
“This time, we will get it right. We will have a good relationship with
the National Assembly and we will work very well with the legislature.”