Buhari Administration’s achievements have rattled Atiku, PDP, Minister replies opposition
The Minister of
Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the massive achievements of
the Buhari Administration have rattled the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and
its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
Reacting to the statement from Abubakar’s media aide, over the widely-circulated
testimony series of the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture to showcase
the Administration’s achievements, the Minister said the action of the PDP
candidate amounts to an acknowledgement of the Administration’s impressive
achievements.
He dismissed as ‘acute paranoia’ the allegation by the former Vice President
that the APC-led federal government is using state resources for electioneering
campaign. Alhaji Mohammed however said, in a statement issued in Ilorin on Friday,
that it is up to those who made the accusation on the use of state resources
for electioneering campaign to prove it, in line with the maxim that he who alleges
must prove.
”In publicising the activities and achievements of the federal government, the
Federal Ministry of Information and Culture is only carrying out its statutory
role. Long before the elections, the Ministry has used various platforms, including
Town Hall Meetings, to showcase the activities and achievements of the
Administration.
”We understand that the PDP and the Atiku Campaign Organization have been
rattled by the achievements as well as the effectiveness of the campaign to showcase them. We are sorry we
can’t help them,” Alhaji Mohammed said.
He however expressed surprise that the PDP that said the Buhari Administration
has not achieved anything has now turned around to admit that the media is
awash with video testimonies from Nigerians on the Administration’s
achievements.
