The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says
President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has fulfilled his campaign
promises to Nigerians.
Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this at the Presentation of National Social Investment
Programmes (N-SIP) Report Card to mark the 2nd Anniversary of President
Buhari’s administration in Abuja on Monday.
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 said that under the National Home Grown School Feeding
Programmme (NHGSFP), government was able to serve about 25 million meals
to 1.2 million pupils all over the country in order to make leaning
conducive.
His words:
“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.“It would have been very 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”, Mohammed said.He said the programme was designed in such a way that it was easy and accessible to all Nigerians.
“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,“ he said.