My Only ‘Sin’ was speaking too Much before the elections – Lai Mohammed

The minister for information and culture Lai Mohammed said this at the ongoing town hall meeting being held in Abuja.

The event, termed “Buharimeter” was organized by Centre for Democracy and Development and was conceived with idea of assessing the one year in office of President Buhari and his administration.

Also in attendance are Babatunde Fashola(Power,Works, and Housing) Audu Ogbeh (Agriculture and Rural Development), Amina Mohammed (Environment) and Udo Udoma (Budget and National Planning).

Lai Mohammed went on to describe the #BuhariMeter as a good idea and a great way for government to interact with the governed.

He said, “Long before the first year anniversary we had embarked on our own town hall meeting to give the citizens feedbacks on our achievements.

“The first one was held in Lagos.

“Any meaningful assessment must be situated within the right context

“We campaigned on three broad areas, corruption, revamp the economy and security.

“Have we met our targets? If you ask me, I will say we are on track.

“Insecurity: The most daunting security challenge we faced when we came in was the Boko Haram challenge. Today it had receded and it is not by accident.”

He then talked about how Buhari fought back against the insurgents.

Mohammed also spoke on corruption and how it has threatened to undo all the good work put in so far in the first year,

“It was corruption that prolonged the war against Boko Haram.

” It was corruption that gave nigerians darkness instead of light, despite sinking millions of dollars into the sector.

“The money recovered so far is a tip of the iceberg.”

He also spoke on the economy and how they’re trying to make things better on that front.

The #BuhariMeter town hall meeting is still ongoing with the other ministers also giving their appraisal of how things have gone so far.