Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,
says President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has fulfilled his campaign
promises to Nigerians.
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.
By Wale Odunsi
