Buhari’s ministers reveal why the president should be elected in 2019, give details about the government

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- Some ministers in the Muhammadu Buhari government say he deserves to be re-elected in 2019

- The ministers hing their declaration on the achievements of the Buhari administration

- Lai Mohammed says the promise to fight corruption has yielded positive fruits

Some ministers in the Muhammadu Buhari government, on Thursday, June 21, declared in Abuja that the president deserves to be re-elected to build on the development foundation he laid in the first term.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the ministers spoke at the opening of the International Press Institute (IPI) World Congress 2018 in Abuja tagged: Conversation with the Government of Nigeria

The report said the ministers of finance, interior, information and culture as well as trade and investment were discussants at the event held at the banquet hall of Presidential Villa, Abuja, with international and local media practitioners.

Kemi Adeosun, the finance minister, said the president deserved to be re-elected following the administration’s achievement in repositioning the economy and putting Nigeria on the path to sustainable growth and recovery.

She said the nation has never had it so good in terms of its potential to grow and really show what the country can do as its diversified economy that creates opportunities.

Her colleague in the interior ministry, Gen Abdulrahman Dambazau said a re-election was for continuity because “Nigeria cannot get anybody better than President Buhari.”

Lai Mohammed, the information minister, said the administration had delivered on all its promises and deserve a second term.

“We promised Nigerians that we were going to fight insecurity, we fought insecurity; we promised Nigerians that we were going to revive the economy, we have revamped the economy.

“We promised we were going to fight corruption; corruption today is a taboo in Nigeria,” Mohammed said.

The trade, and investment minister, Okechukwu Enelamah, added that under the leadership of the president the citizens had changed the conversation in the country.

According to him, “we are now talking about the importance of security, fighting corruption and good economy rather than saying corruption is not a problem, it is not different from stealing.”

NAIJ.com learnt that the ministers had earlier taken turns to itemise the achievements of the administration including the expansion of the tax net and diversification of the economy to generate more funds for development.

They also highlighted the achievements in infrastructure development in line with the economic recovery and growth plan to enhance job creation, trade and security in different parts of the country.

“It is quite encouraging that all the things that the nation needs to do to go on the part of growth we are doing.

“We are building, we are investing in our security, we have addressed the issue of tax, we have created the enabling environment by investments in infrastructure, which will allow people to take advantage of the government’s initiatives,” Adeosun said.

Also, Lai Mohammed noted that the country exited recession within two quarters while the country’s stock exchange had grown by more than 40 per cent in recent times.

He noted that 200,000 jobs were created though the N-power job creation scheme while the administration was feeding 8.2 million pupils in the school feeding programme.

He also noted that the social investment programme of the administration was second to none, adding that government had built 850 kilometers of roads while power generation had increased to 7,000 megawatts from 2,630 megawatts it inherited.

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Enelamah noted that under the present administration the country was having the same conversation and noted that it was important to continue on the trajectory of the progress being made to sustain it.

According to him, there is a deliberate plan to insdustrialise the country through the construction of industrial parks.

NAIJ.com earlier reported that President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, April 9, in Abuja declared his intention to seek re-election in 2019. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s senior special assistant on media and publicity confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja on Monday.

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