The Federal Government has claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari is leaving a legacy of security, infrastructural development, economic prosperity and social cohesion for Nigeria.
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the claim on Wednesday in Abuja at a news conference to address some topical national issues.
According to him, the legacy might not seem obvious now amidst daunting challenges, but posterity would be kind to the president.
He said the claim in certain quarters that President Buhari had nothing more to offer “is untrue, fallacious and smacks of dirty politicking’’.
The minister said President Buhari has done so much under very difficult economic and social conditions to tackle insecurity in the country and would continue to do much more to keep Nigerians safe.
“Since assuming office in 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari has continued to make the issue of security a major plank of his administration’s policy.
“Today, we look at the current situation without wondering what would have been had this president not taken the bull by the horns as far as security is concerned.
“With the way insurgents were operating before this administration came into office, perhaps they would have achieved their aim of declaring an Islamic State in Nigeria, if President Buhari had not acted decisively.
“This is considering their control of swathes of land the size of Belgium, with their freewheeling attacks in almost a dozen states, including the FCT, which was hit at least five times.
“After all, in 2014, Boko Haram declared a caliphate in Gwoza after capturing Bama and Gamboru as well as other towns and villages in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.
“They installed their own emirs, collected taxes and flew their flag before the military dislodged them,’’ the minister said.
