Garba
Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, says
Nigerians have more electricity than they can consume.
He
said this while speaking to journalists in Abuja on Monday.
He
said the current Federal Government is building infrastructure across the
country, and every state has at least two federal roads currently in
construction.
“We
have more electricity that cannot be consumed, 2,000 megawatts of electricity
that nobody is taking. By the year ending, we are going to hit 10,000 megawatts
from the 2,600 that we inherited.” he said.
He
also said that the war against corruption led by the President was attracting
lots of attacks from those who benefitted from the old system of things.
“As
I speak to you now, two former state governors are in jail; a lot of people
thought that this war against corruption is a joke and that the back-and-forth
that had characterized this over time, will continue,” he said.
“One
of the two cases was determined after 11 years of back-and-forth between
lawyers and judges, kicking the ball from this court to that court. A lot of
these harsh attacks against the President are coming from people who had become
used to lifestyle they cannot sustain.
“On
record, there were people in this country, because they are influential, they
had permanent suites in major hotels in Abuja where they lived lavishly at the
public’s expense. And, when they are leaving, they are accompanied with bags of
Ghana-Must-Go. They will continue to fight the president, but the happiness we
have is that ordinary low-level Nigerians understand the huge conspiracy.”
He
then assured the public that the President would continue to develop the
economy of the country despite these “attacks”.
“Nigerians
are with the President, the elite are going to places, America and the United
Kingdom, and they are clicking in posh homes in Abuja, Lagos and some major
cities in the country. They are trying to thwart the goodwill of the president
towards the people.
But
this economy is being re-built; more foreign investment is coming, more
infrastructure is being given to Nigerians and even the security infrastructure
which had suffered neglect over the years is being given priority,” he said.
He
added that no government in the past did as much for the military and the
police as the current administration is doing.
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