International media organisations have queried the emergence of the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar over alleged questionable source of his wealth.
This development occurred in London during a three day engagements of the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, with major media networks and think tanks.
Giving a wrap up of the engagements on Saturday in London, the minister said the media houses he visited raised questions as to why Atiku could emerged as presidential candidate, considering the anti corruption stance of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the minister, engaged with media organisations including Reuters, Aljazeera, the Economists, AP, New African, African Business and African Review Magazines.
The minister said: “One curious issue that kept occurring was that anytime I spoke about how we have waged war against corruption, the journalists kept asking me a question.
“They asked me: How can you claim to have succeeded in waging war against corruption, when one of the major contestants in the 2019 general elections is actually a man with stupendous wealth but cannot explain the source of his wealth?.
“That baffled me a lot, because it mean that we are still being perceived as a country where corruption thrives.
“It was difficult for me to explain to them that yes, we are fighting corruption but these are the same people who have put this country where we are today and who are also trying to come back to power.
The minister assured the media organisations that “this will however define the task of choice for Nigerians.
“The choice for Nigerians today is either they go back to the corrupt past where our commonwealth was shared by a few elites or move forward and continue with this new trajectory where the national resources are used for the benefit of all Nigerians.
“I explained to them that the 2019 elections have been defined, and the choice have been made easy.
“We are sure that Nigerians will choose rightly”.
NAN reports that the minister during the visit also delivered lecture in Chatham House, a UK based Royal Institute of International Affairs on the topic, “Nigeria’s National Unity: Towards Participation and Shared Values”
Mohammed also engaged with foreign and Commonwealth Office, All Party Parliamentary Group and Royal African Society, a body founded in 1990 to promote relations between the UK and Africa.
On his general assessment of the trip, the minister said that it was exciting and fruitful.
“We set out from home to engage the major media networks and the major think tanks and stakeholders here.
“The Chatham House platform gave me the opportunity to explain the role of my Ministry in enhancing national unity, participation and share values.
“We have in attendance many stakeholders, including the High Commissioners of Nigeria and that of Cyprus to the UK and many people in the diaspora.,”
He said the parliamentary visits afforded him the opportunity to explain issues on Boko Haram, the abducted girls and those who were executed.
The minister said he gave insight and government position on farmers/herdsmen clashes, the role of the media and the efforts of the government in revamping the economy.
“At every occasion, we were able to bring to fore the good narratives on the country and what the government had achieved in the last three and half years.
“The kennel of the visit is that we were able to tell the whole world that we do not need to do anything extra because we have delivered on all our promises and Nigerians are quite happy and satisfy with the government,” he said.
Mohammed said the government was aware of conspiracy by disgruntled elements to bring down the Administration at all cost.
“This government has actually adversely affected the fortunes of many people who were simply parasite, people who sucked the blood of the nation doing nothing.
“These are people who amassed unexplained wealth just by being agents or consultants to none existence projects.
“We are not surprised by the kind of bitterness and hatred such people has for the government, but they will not succeed,” he said.
The minister stressed that the administration will never be distracted in its policy of zero tolerance for corruption to move the nation forward. (NAN)
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Mr lier lier Mohamed keep it up with your parrot mouth
The Tribune has become a filthy tabloid rag unfortunately. The “foreign media” that they have referred to should also help to interrogate what has happened to Babachir Lawal & grass cutting scandal, the Alhj. MAINNAgate, the NNPC 25b dollars contract scam, the Abba Kyari MTN bribes & the Mrs. Adeosun NYSC certificate scandal etc. Tribune should stop being the nitwit megaphone for the APC & learn how to do unbiased journalism for crying out loud. BS
Source of wealth is questionable but source of poverty is not questionable.
Which foreign media, is their own money missing.
Lol
PMB is Nigeria problem
Daura awaits BUHARI come 2019
This is what we are saying. Buhari is grossly incompent.
A well calculated attempt by mischief makers to tarnish the image and rising profile at the detriment of a sinking ship through misinformation, misleading, adultrated, propaganda by saboteurs and enemies of progress. Nigerians are becoming wiser by the day.
This is what people have been saying. Buhari is grossly incompent.
When he was with the APC the international media didn’t query then but now they have started. May God help us in this country
Atiku is no longer Fulani, no more Hausa agenda . Atiku now is an Igbo man . Wonder shall never end .
What is incompent?
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APC liar party….what international media,ur propaganda will not work again
They’re indirectly saying that corruption does not matter.
You want him to pretend like your buhari who always claimed he has no money for nomination form
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Anything about APC makes me wanna vomit
Tell us the name of the foreign media
Chima Daniel u sound so myopic,
Which international Media?
Who funded Buharis 2015 election??? Name them and their source of income. To make your answers more concrete identify their established running active business in Nigeria.
Na buhari send unah?
If he returns to APC now the news will change.
Even our local media doesn’t have that right talk less of foreign. We are the one wearing the shoes, as such we’re the one that knows where it’s pinching us.
These things you here EFCC will definitely be after because these crooks are using your acct in Facebook to defraud Nigerians
Why not let the so-called foreign media speak?
Name the media organizations. Give us verifiable info.
God bless you Stanley Okechi, lack of knowledge is dangerous, please ask him to compare and contrast, the regime that neglected a particular tribe and the other with son of the soil as vice president, at the corridor of power ahead of eight years when the long expected dream will come to pass,
I tire o
From the caption,a reasonable person will know is a propaganda but Buharist will always swallow such info hook line and sinker without scrutinizing it. Which media????.
Can lying Mohammed do anything without lie? It was a pre-planned media chat.
They should have said this when funded Buhari in 2015.
Well ARTICULATED
TO HELL WITH THEM. THEIR OWN DEY LOST?
What is foreign media?
Propaganda politicians, they made Nigeria too hard,criminals