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Lai Mohammed Implores Nigerians to bear with FG on promised change
By Modupe Shodeinde
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has appealed to Nigerians to bear with the Federal Government on the subject of the change it promised in 2015.
The minister said this in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Friday, as reported by NAN. He begged Nigerians who feel President Muhammadu Buhari’s government is not doing enough to be patient and bear with him.
The minister said, “If we have not done enough or we have not touched everybody, we appeal that you please bear with us.
“In the first instance, what we have is less than 60 per cent of the revenue that was available to other governments that came before us.
“We all know what we suffered during COVID 19, and as we are just trying to recover from this we also face another crisis.
“We appeal that you should please assist the government and be patient.
“This government is dedicated to serving the people and we will continue to try our best to do so.”
He thanked Nigerians for their perseverance, understanding and patience.
Speaking on the N75 billion National Youth Investment Fund, Mohammed said the government’s initiation of this investment fund is aimed at providing opportunities for the youths.
He said the Fund is part of the N2.3 trillion Economic Sustainability Plan to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on most vulnerable Micro Small Medium Enterprises across the country.
Also present at the meeting were notables like: Kwara state governor, Abdulrazaq Abdulrahman, Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Yakubu Danladi; the Emir of Ilorin, HRH Sulu Gambari; and other traditional rulers, youths representatives, market leaders, amongst others.
The Emir of Ilorin, HRH Sulu Gambari expressed concern over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) affecting the students who are not opportuned to study abroad or in private universities.
According to NAN, the Chairman of ASUU in the University of Ilorin, Moyosore Ajao, called on the government to settle the lingering crisis for students to return to schools.
