According to Lai Mohammed, the minister of information and culture, no administration has supported states with financial interventions more than the President Muhammadu Buhari Administration since the start of the current political era in 1999.
This was said by the minister at the sixth iteration of the PMB Government Scorecard Series (2015–2023), which was unveiled in October to highlight the many accomplishments of the Buhari administration.
A scorecard has already been submitted by the ministers of agriculture and rural development, works and housing, transportation, aviation, and interior.
This month, they will be presented by the ministers of water resources, mines and steel development, power, police affairs, women affairs, youth and sports development, and education.
“I make bold to say that no Administration, since the beginning of the current political dispensation in 1999, has done more than the Buhari Administration in supporting states with all sorts of financial interventions,” the minister told reporters.
“When the Administration assumed office in 2015, at least 27 states could not pay salaries. Imagine what would have happened if Mr. President had not offered a helping hand, without discrimination, to the states?
“But for Mr. President, most of the states would have been plunged into a serious socio-economic crisis, with dire consequences for the country.
“Please note that the support to the states came at a time when national resources had dwindled drastically, and also at a time of competing needs in many areas, including infrastructure, security, global pandemic, etc.”
