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#FGNTownHall: Buhari’s ministers rise in defence of poor showing
About six ministers of the Muhammadu Buhari-led-administration on Monday took part in the first of a series of town hall meetings held in Lagos State, to give insight into what the government has done so far and plans to do.
This is against the background of grumblings from Nigerians across the divide who seem not too impressed with the administrations performance so far.
At the meeting, the ministers talked to a cross section of members of the public drawn from different sectors of the economy.
The meeting is expected to hold in six geo-political zones and two other cities, Abuja and Kano.
Ministers at the event included those for Information, Mr Lai Mohammed; that of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola; State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu; Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Okechukwu Enelamah and Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi.
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Fashola admitted that the 5,000 megawatts of electricity currently being generated was inadequate to address the nation’s power problems, but expressed the belief that the problems could be surmounted.
Enelamah on his part, said that a follow up on the China trip embarked on by President Buhari would be very intense and that the President had given his cabinet the mandate to deliver.
In his presentation, Kachikwu, said the Buhari-led government had reduced a lot of excesses within the oil and gas sector and close to ending the era of subsidy payments while making sure the refineries would commence production shortly.
The Minister, however, appealed to Nigerians to be patient and hopeful, as he believes a lot is being done.
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