The Federal Government says with the bold and courageous leadership provided by President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria is marching surely and steadily to join the comity of great nations.
Information and Culture Minister, Lai Mohammed said this in Abuja on Friday at a press conference to mark the first anniversary of the second term of the President Buhari administration.
The minister, however, noted that “Change is never easy, and the birth of a new nation comes with pains.”
He said the federal government thanked Nigerians for their support and perseverance, reassuring them of its unrelenting commitment to making life more meaningful for them. Mohammed reeled out achievements of the present administration in major sectors of the economy, saying the president “is taking Nigeria to the next level of irreversible change for the better.”
He said though the COVID-19 pandemic might have briefly slowed down activities in the infrastructural sector, “work is set to resume in over 50 major infrastructure projects spread across 26 states.
He listed the projects as including the Second Niger Bridge, the Abuja-Kano Expressway, the Owerri Interchange, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and the Port Harcourt-Enugu Expressway.
He said similarly, all was set for the commencement of road repairs in 92 locations across 24 states by the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency. “Work has also continued on the laying of rail tracks on the Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge rail line, which has already commenced test-run,” he added.
According to him, as the second year of the second and last tenure of Buhari begins, the stage is set for the implementation of “the greatest agricultural revolution in the history of Nigeria.
“The unprecedented recent approval by the Buhari administration to inject $1.2billion in in-kind loan into the agriculture sector through the government-to-government bilateral loan from Brazil, with support from Deutsche Bank and the Islamic Corporation for Insurance of Export Credit of the Islamic Development Bank, will revolutionize our agriculture at scale.
“Together with the Hon. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, we will be briefing Nigerians on this project in the days ahead.” On the COVID-19 pandemic, the minister noted that but for the right reaction by the administration, the situation could have been worse.
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