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Jonathan’s govt was sick, weak and corrupt –Lai Mohammed

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Friday, said the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan was sick, weak and corrupt, adding that the victory of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in the 2015 presidential election saved the country from total collapse.

The minister stated this in Kano when he spoke alongside five other ministers at a town hall meeting in Kano State, organised to intimate residents of the ancient city of the achievements of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in the last one year.

Mohammed said: “For the first time, we have a President whose integrity is what is actually driving the force in this country. But we inherited a very sick government, the type that is inflicted with so many sicknesses and everything–sickle cell, and any kind of sickness you know–Ebola! Anything you can think about. Honestly, we came into government at a very bad time, but for the fact that God loves this country and we won the election, because if any other political party had won the election, Nigeria would have seized from existing.

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“I am not exaggerating because they will not have the courage or discipline to manage the economy. Everywhere we go, we see that Nigerian situation is very simple- a man that was earning N100, 000 a month, all of a sudden that is slashed to N30, 000 a month, he must make painful adjustment. If he has two wives, one will have to go, if he has four children in school, two will have to sit back at home.

“But we went there and the President said we are not going to retrench one person, we will be battling with it and, everything that we have done so far, like the introduction of the TSA and setting up of efficiency units, discipline is what has helped this country to even maintain an even cure. We are fortunate today that gradually, things are improving, and I will always say that change is not an instant coming, it takes time

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