BEVERLY HILLS, May 29, (THEWILL) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari has fulfilled his campaign promises to Nigerians in spite of dwindling revenue.
The Minister made the pronouncement in Abuja at the presentation of the National Social Investment Programmes (N-SIP) report card event to mark the 2nd anniversary of Buhari’s administration insisting that the programme is the first in the history of Nigeria that participants do not need to know anybody before they could benefit.
He said through N-SIP, the federal government provided employment to 200,000 unemployed graduates, engaged 57,000 people through Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) and empowered about 26,000 ordinary Nigerians through Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT).
Mohammed revealed that under the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP), government was able to serve about 25 million meals to 1.2 million pupils all over the country in order to make learning conducive adding that the APC federal government under its school feeding programme had employed at least 12,000 cooks across 36 states and the FCT.
“This is a government that promised and delivered on its promises and the unique thing about this particular N-SIP is that it has been achieved in an era when there has been no revenue,” he said.
“It would have been a perfect excuse to say that because oil revenue dropped drastically, therefore, we are not able to deliver on our promises.
“But despite the dwindling revenue, we are able to deliver on our campaign promises and then this is not related just to the social investment programmes alone.
“I am happy that we are here today to prove that this government is not a government of propaganda; this is a real government that is dealing with the real people.
“One of the unique selling points of the programmes is the transparency in it. I am happy that many of the beneficiaries have testified to this and this is a new dawn.
“My appeal to all the beneficiaries is to please let them not limit their testimonies to this hall please say it louder and clear at every time to all Nigerians.
“Let Nigerians know how this government has impacted positively on your lives.”
About the Author
