‘Nigerians Misunderstood APC’s Change Mantra’
THE Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, yesterday said that Nigerians largely misunderstood the Change mantra with which his party campaigned and won the 2015 presidential election.
Speaking 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.
The minster maintained that Nigerians must understand that things do not happen that way because the country cannot continue to be doing things the same way and expect a different result.
“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.
According to him, it is the reason 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.
In moving forward, he solicited for the partnership of members of ADVAN, especially in executing some of its campaign and election promises to Nigeria, to which the President of ADVAN, Mr. David Okeme, pledged its members unalloyed support.
In his response, Okeme assured that his members would support government efforts because businesses need a great country to thrive.
“It’s in the best interest of business to ensure things are working well for the indices to be looking up,” he said.
He however, advised the government to copy some of the models being deployed by corporate businesses especially in the area of behavioral change.
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87 Comments
F..k..g B.st..d!
You should be tide with chains
STORY FOR THE BIRD!!!!!!!
To you because you are too blind to see the truth
Story because you find it difficult to read…
You’ve choosen to be in the darkness and to stay in bird nets
Story for ur father
LAUGHING ORIFICE, MR LIE MOHAMMED, CONTINUE TO TELL LIES, YOU ARE PAID TO TELL LIES.
YOU, THE CUCKOO LAND DAILY STORY TELLER, YOU HAVE BECOME A TRUE SYMBOL OF RIDICULE AND FALSE PROPAGANDA FROM THE MINISTRY OF LIES AND MISINFORMATION. YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO YOURSELF.
Get out u, idiot
Moron, it is your worthless father that is the buffoon.
You, your father and your uncle are 3 idiot
Stupid father of yours will suffer soon
Your brain is in reverse gear
Gbam
Now i see that you were paid to fool your self… You better quit as a foolish person before it gets worst…
He’s met his Waterloo
See him everywhere ranting like a fool
Shame on ppl like u!! Fall down n meet ur defeat
YOU FOOL, 9 MONTHS INTO BUHARI’S ADMINISTRATION IS NOT YOUR SO-CALLED “NEXT DAY”. YOU ARE A COMPLETE NUTS. YOU ARE A BORN FOOL AND WILL REMAIN A FOOL.
You are a proven lunatic
You always show me how Useless you are… i wonder why Disqus allow monkeys to you their service …
They’re bigots now
What else are they!!
Lol
Just nine months and your well of ill-gotten wealth has run dry,more miseries times awaits you. Your frustration is eternal
The pdpigs ve met their Waterloo
You’re doomed and finished
MR LIE MOHAMED, IT IS THE CORRUPT FOOLS LIKE YOU WHO HAVE SWINDLED HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF NAIRA AND ARE STILL SWINDLING, YOU ARE CERTAINLY ONE OF THEM. YOUR DAYS OF RECKONING WILL SOON COME.
Now I know you are a big fool..
Indeed he is!!!
What else can a pdpig animal like him be
See stupid fool….
Kindly quote what he says instead of insulting him, and please tell us when and where he steals, instead of showing how stupid you are in a public forum
Typical pdpig behaviour!! They never cease to amaze me
You know them too well
Point precisely
They’re paid to rant n spread irrational comments about, they’ve nothing tangible to add to this forum or Nigeria
Exactly
Let them come up with a better person plan than this rubbish they’re doing!! D minister is speaking his mind
You are mistaking….You are talking gibberish… the HMIC can’t be like those pigs that looted the country dry…
Tell them oo
They’re Dillon crap
You could send that as a formal letter to Metuh and Dasuki…….
You know
That’s d right thing to do
So you mean Lai Mohammed is the architect of go misfortune? You’ve just started, more miseries awaits you!
Lol!! Tell him
Shut up!! Evil pdpig!! Say something meaningful
They’re demented
Say something meaningful to this forum then we will take u serious!! Change
That’s it!! They’re blockheads
Nothing relevant
Hater go and sit sleep
Moron, you should be the one to sleep…useless goat like you.
Truth is bitter, we don’t have a choice than to accept the word “Truth”,keep educating everyone, Nigeeians are happy with you, and your effort to make sure the masses understand where the government is and where they’re heading, Good job
Yes oo!! Lai is d man
Indeed he is
HMIC with intelligence!!! We dey him back
He’s spoken like d minister that he is… The interest of every Nigerian is what they’re after… Anyone who doesn’t see that shld hug transformer
Very well!! Gbam
Change is here, we had better all accept it and be d best at it
Anyone complaining about how you do things in Nigeria today is a pdpig. Forget him. Carry on, we voted for you to do it the way you best fit
Truth must be told
Pdpigs are pdpigs
AGBOBU, where are you? How did you digest Lai Mohammed’s jigsaw? “Nigerians” need quality education that can help them know when somebody is double-speaking. They need quality education to elevate them to independent thinkers and not “megaphones” or “robots”. Can we “Nigerians” understand how Lai Mohammed is spinning the “chanji” mantra to ridicule “Nigerians” as misinformed people who “misunderstood” what “change” means. This ridiculous interpretation of “change” by “Nigerians ” paints the picture of what “Nigerians” will expect from this “almajiri” government. I am not in support of the previous “corruption” runaway governments of OBJ and Jonathan but “Nigerians” are nevertheless shortchanged by a propagandist government. “Nigerians” should continue to search for their messiah.
Typical bigot
Methinks you don’t know the meaning of the word “bigot”! This is the point I was making. You should go to school but not almajiri one. Is ‘Idy’ the short for Idiot? Let me know.
Say something else!!
If the country is filled with folks like you who sees bad in what’s good and sees good in evil, then the country is doomed. It’s only those with shallow minds that will fault this very statement because we all know that itw the bitter truth.
Wise Sincere-Voice, whatever that means, did not Buhari and his APC promise YOU that on his assumption of office, exchange rate will be $1 to ONE NAIRA. Are you not living in FOOL’s PARADISE now?
When and where did Buhari promise you that? Please stop this reckless talk brother.
What did Buhari promise you? A change from bad to worse? From $1 /150 Naira to $1/ 400 Naira? Wait till Buhari borrows more Money {DEBT} from IMF! I pity workers in this MegaCountry who see their livelihood being drained down a bottomless pit by ignoramuses and intellectual shenanigans.
What you should do is to pity your self. Where did Buhari promise you that one dollar – one naira? Where? You guys just give birth to lies and deceit overnight and expect others to come celebrate with you at the christening.
Who did you pity when Uncle jojo went borrowing to pay salaries even after the oil boom? Who did you pity? I guess your gate keeper? Please lets criticize constructively and not go about preaching the gospel of hate.
Lol….
Good people of NIGERIA are very pleased with you sir Alhaji lai Muhammad continue the good work you started
Useless paid APC sycophant, you can only deceive yourself.
The way you deceived your fellow paid pdpigs e rat
The info master has spoken,
All hail info master and culture for the good you have been doing
Worthless hypocrite, this is exactly why you are a moron.
You are the fool here
The honourable minister of information has said it all. Good things don’t just come over night. Now is the time for all and sundry to embrace change and do all we can for the betterment of our beloved country
You mean Lai Mohammed is saying all these? So, after deceiving some gullible Nigerians that corruption started, grew up in and resides only in Jonathan and the PDP, he turns around to now accuse all Nigerians of being corrupt and indisciplined? What next? Soon he will come up with a mantra that every Nigerian has stolen $2 trillion each. Can’t this man ever say something free of controversy?
Bros me sef tire ooooo, because we said this during the campaigns but they said it was Jonathan and his PDP that was corrupt. Chai see gullible Nigerians still hailing him
And you still see his gullible eRats commending him here for deceiving Nigerians
When the Presidential Election was postponed for some weeks was it not Lai Mohammed that shouted that Jonathan was postponing the suffering of Nigerian people for more weeks. Lai Mohammed said it was wicked to postponed the people’s suffering.
Nigerians do not expect government to take away all the hardship by waving a magic wand. What we expect is @least to maintain the status quo if thinks can not improve at the moment but certainly not to further impoverish the common man while making further provisions for these elected to remain in affluence.
I’ll buttress my point with some examples in contrast. 1. The #50 charge on bank deposit. 2. The Electricity tariff hike (i’ll allow others mention more). These are charges on Nigerians for NO EXTRA VALUE added. Salaries have not been increased and certainly Power Supply has not improved. In contrast, the budgetary allocation for feeding in Aso rock is twice that of last year’s and some states are planning on reducing the workforce.
You can not expect people to be visited with more misery occasioned by you and maintain that they expect too much. I have great respect for the Minister but I beg to differ. Even the fight against corruption is arguably One sided. I can not be patriotic to the point that I loose my sense of reasoning. And please guys, u can make your points without insults. It’s a national issue, not a personal one and Nigeria belongs to us all. Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Thank you HMIC for these words. They just want to wake up tomorrow and see that Nigeria has turned to USA. It’s not by magic nah all hands need to be on deck for nigeria to rise again. #changebeginswithyouandme
YEA, THAT IS THE REALITY. IT IS A PITY FOR THOSE NIGERIANS THAT CASTED THEIR MINDS /HOPES ON THIS GOVERNMENT HAVING SOLUTION TO THEIR PROBLEMS.
THE CHIEF APC LIAR/PROPAGANDIST HAS SPOKEN, EXPECT NOTHING LESS THAN CONFUSION.
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