We鈥檝e not heard from Uncle Lai Mohammed, the Minister of DisInformation and Culture, in a hot minute. Nigerians over the past few years will remember him for being one of the loudest voices of the Buhari administration. He even became a tin god .
All bad things come to an end, as will Uncle Lai鈥檚 tenure, along with Buhari, in 2023. But just before his exit, it looks like he wants to try his hands out at comedy.
What鈥檚 the latest?
On December 8, 2022, at an event in Abuja titled 鈥漃MB Administration: Scorecard Series (2015-2023)鈥, Uncle Lai . He said Buhari had done well in the area of self-sufficiency for Nigerians and saved us from hunger.
鈥淟ong before the (Russia-Ukraine) crisis, however, President Muhammadu Buhari had, in a statement that has now turned out to be prescient, admonished Nigerians to grow what they eat and eat what they grow. Then, many neither understood the importance of that admonition nor appreciated its relevance.
鈥淲ell, it turned out that the consequence of that statement made Nigerians look inward and relied less on imports. This has saved Nigerians from hunger, especially during the prolonged global lockdown, when exporting nations shut their ports and borders and nations that relied on imports were struggling to meet their needs.鈥
Which group of Nigerians is Uncle Lai talking about?
Which Nigerians is the minister exactly referring to that Buhari saved from hunger? Is it the ? Maybe it’s the between June and August this year? Or is he really referring to Buhari and his buddy Osinbajo last year? Uncle Lai at least needs to clarify so we know if he鈥檚 just flat-out lying like his name suggests, or if he鈥檚 telling a bad joke.
Uncle Lai can take solace in the fact he and his cronies will never suffer for food. But he shouldn鈥檛 by any stretch insult the sensibilities of Nigerians by telling us this administration has done well to end hunger in the country.
Many Nigerians are just counting down till May 2023 when they鈥檒l be happy to see the back of him and his principal. We鈥檝e had enough of the seven-year-long bad joke to know that Uncle Lai has no future in comedy.
