Minister of information and culture Lai Mohammed has taken a swipe at the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar.
The minister, who spoke in Abuja during a briefing meant to present the scorecard of this regime in the water sector, said Atiku lacked the moral justification of accusing Buhari’s regime of achieving nothing.
He said, “Let me use this opportunity to comment on the increasing tendency by some opposition presidential candidates to downplay the achievements of this administration, in their desperation for power, ahead of the 2023 elections.
“The worst offender in this regard has been the presidential candidate of the PDP, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.
“During his recent campaign in Akure, the former VP was quoted as saying the APC had not done anything for Nigeria in eight years.
“What a preposterous statement from somebody who should know. I guess we can excuse His Excellency the former Vice President who, until recently, had fully relocated to Dubai, thus losing touch with Nigeria.
“And if anyone would accuse the APC-led Federal Government of doing nothing, it should not be Atiku Abubakar.
“Why? Because for the 16 years of the PDP rule, eight of which Atiku Abubakar was vice president, there was no motorable road to the former VP’s hometown and indeed to key local governments in the southern senatorial zone that served as Adamawa’s food basket and economic nerve centre until the government of President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office.
“Today, gentlemen, the Mayo Belwa-Jada-Ganye-Toungo road has been constructed fully and it’s the road that Alhaji Atiku uses to get to his hometown of Jada.”
Mohammed also said before the Buhari administration came into power, five local government areas in the country home of the former Vice President were in the grip of Boko Haram terrorists.
He added that Atiku could not visit his country home before the Buhari-led regime as a result of the insecurity ravaging his state.
“Today, not an inch of these local governments in Adamawa, the home-state of the former vice president, is under the control of terrorists,” he said.
