Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says naysayers who have attempted to play down the achievements of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration will be left “breathless”.

Mohammed said this on Wednesday at the first edition of the government’s new series titled ‘PMB Administration Scorecard 2015-2023’, at an event held in Abuja.

The series is designed to show off the achievements of Buhari’s administration since he came into power in 2015. According to Mohammed, some presidential candidates have attempted to copy Buhari’s achievements as their blueprint.

In the din of politicking, naysayers have attempted to play down the massive and unprecedented achievements of this administration. Some presidential candidates have even released a poorly-done photocopy of this administration’s achievements as their own blueprint,” the minister said.

“But the series we are starting today will leave them breathless as we cover all the achievements in the various sectors, because we have so much to showcase. The frequency of these briefings will be high and this will run through the remaining part of our tenure.

“Despite attempts in some circles to downplay the achievements of this administration, I have no scintilla of doubt that history will be fairer and posterity will be kind to us. Those whose trips have been shortened and smoothened by good roads and bridges will remember those who built those roads and bridges; those who use the modern terminals at our airports will remember who built them.

Those who ride on modern trains along Lagos-Ibadan, Abuja-Kaduna and Itakpe-Warri will not forget those who made that happen. And the 9.8 million school children who are fed daily, the one million youths that have been empowered as well as the 500,000 who are undergoing trainings under the N-Power and the 1,632,480 households that have been enrolled in the conditional cash transfer programme will not forget.”

According to the minister, the decision to highlight the administration’s achievements is necessary owing to the fact that the tenure’s end is near.

“As the administration winds down, we believe it’s very important to consolidate our efforts at showcasing these achievements. Hence, we have designed a number of programmes, including the series starting today. In the weeks ahead, we will be unveiling other programmes in this regard,” he said.

“In the words of President Muhammadu Buhari, this administration has implemented high-impact projects across the length and breadth of the country that meet the yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians. And this is in recognition of the importance of critical infrastructure in economic development and the quest of this administration to leave a lasting legacy.”

The minister’s comments come about a month after Buhari said those he appointed were failing to do their job of telling Nigerians about his achievements.

“Relative in terms of time and resources, this administration has done extremely well. I have to say it because those who are supposed to say it are not saying it. I don’t know why,” the president had said.

Dunning Kruger Effect; "Wherein incompetent people do not only fail to realize their incompetence but consider themselves more competent than anyone else."

“Perception may be as potent as reality at times."In politics, the power of perceptions ought not to be allowed to serve as a proxy for reality" (Andersson/ Heywood. Journal of political Science).

"Sometimes, people dont want to hear the truth because they dont want their illusions destroyed."
-Friedrich Nietzsche.

......The last 7 years of Buhari and APC stepped up the nations gloom and doom to the extent that for the first time since the end of the civil war in 1970, our resilience is being tested to a breaking point.

The daily harvest of needless death in the hands of terrorists of all shades, our national economic collapse leading to untold hardship, the oppressive extravagance of the ruling class, the hopelessness in our broken health, and educational infrastructure and many more are palpable testaments to our recent history presided over by President Buhari and his cronies...."

Without mincing words, APC has not only failed in its promises, but it has engineered a retrogression of the country, especially in the areas of security and economy. There are disturbing statistics on fuel, debts, unemployment, inflation, insecurity and others.

The unemployment rate was 8.19% in 2015 when APC took over, but now it is 33.3%. A US dollar is exchanged at N720 in the parallel market now. It was N198 in 2015. While the country’s debt status was N9.8 trillion in 2015, it stands at N41.6 trillion and the list is endless.

Tinubu’s APC cannot say Nigeria is fine under its rule, and Nigerians are waiting for the ruling party at the polls, and it is the party that Tinubu formed as a platform to achieve his lifelong ambition

These are the extent of damage that the APC has wrecked and Tinubu is using the same platform for his campaigns. It is with keen interest that the Nigerian people await the campaigns to commence.

However, contrary to expectations, the party has failed to impress and had instead plunged the citizens into more challenges. Under the APC government, many Nigerians have been battling hunger, insecurity and economic challenges hence there is a drastic need to address these challenges if the APC wants to win next year’s election

I interact with people on a daily basis..Honestly, people are not happy with APC as a party and government both at state and national level. This is the truth. I was past Chairman of the APC. I served as secretary to the governor (Aminu Masari) for over seven years. So naturally, I should want APC to succeed but the truth is, it is unfortunate really.

“So, honestly, people are not happy and unless of course something radical, something serious happens especially to do with this issue of insecurity, high cost of living from now till election, it will be extremely difficult for  for APC to win.”

Racoon:


Yeah! Lai Mohammed was right. This is the bad but expected "breathless" state the catastrophic Buhari- led APC government have landed Nigeria in over 7 years.

https://www.opinionnigeria.com/obi-ism-the-silent-revolution-by-lamptay-oriakhi/

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/09/tinubu-apc-and-the-hurdle-of-aggrieved-nigerian-youths/

Judean:

Racoon:
Lai: Our achievements will leave Nigerians breathless — we have so much to showcase


https://www.thecable.ng/lai-our-achievements-will-leave-nigerians-breathless-we-have-so-much-to-showcase/amp