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Nigerians Misunderstood The ‘Change Mantra’-Lai Mohammed

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has disclosed that Nigerians has a misunderstanding of the All Progressives Congress’ ‘change mantra’ which propelled the party to victory in 2015 general elections.

Speaking yesterday at a stakeholders’ meeting with the Executive Council of the Advertisers Association of Nigeria (ADVAN), Mohammed stated that though the party campaigned using change mantra, it has been taken by Nigerians to mean that as soon as Buhari was sworn in, the next day, things would change completely in Nigeria. He affirms that things don’t happen that way.

“Yes, we know what the ills are; corruption, indiscipline… but it’s not restricted to people at the top. Each one of us has a role to play,” he said. He revealed that the Buhari-led government is coming up with the ‘Change Begins with You Campaign’. “The malaise crippling the fabric of the society today, ‘everybody is guilty,” he noted.

 The Minister observed that an average Nigerian, given the slightest opportunity, would cheat, noting that corruption cuts across professions, age and gender in the country. “Nigeria cannot adequately account for the lives that had been lost simply because some pharmacists decided to adulterate drugs. We cannot quantify how many lives we have lost because of the danfo drivers that wake up in the morning to drink paraga before hitting the road. Most of the traffic bottleneck in Nigeria today is due to indiscipline,” he said.
President of ADVAN, Mr. David Okeme, pledged its members unalloyed support. “It’s in the best interest of business to ensure things are working well for the indices to be looking up,” he said.

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Akin Akingbala is an international journalist based in Lagos, Nigeria. Aside being happily married, he has interests in music, sports and loves traveling.

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