Kaduna: The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, says President Bola Tinubu will instigate more developments in the Northern Region through positive initiatives and solidification of people-oriented policies and programmes.
Idris stated this in an interview on the sidelines of a two-day Interactive Session on Government-citizens’ Engagement on Tuesday in Kaduna. The theme of the event is ‘Assessing Electoral Promises: Fostering Government-Citizens Engagement for National Unity’.
The Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation organised the programme.
The minister explained that before Tinubu’s election, he was in Kaduna and engaged with the leaders from the Northern part of the country, making promises ranging from security to agriculture, economy, and governance.
“Now that the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation has invited us, Tinubu said we should come here in our numbers, all of us from the Northern part of the country, that he has appointed to deal with some of these issues.
“We have come here to answer their questions. We have come here to lay down all those things that the President said he was going to do when he made those promises.
“The President has already fulfilled many of them. Many of them are still being awaited, and he will instigate more developments for the Northern Region through positive initiatives, people-oriented policies and programmes. “Remember that this is just the midterm of the administration. By the time the President ends his first term, we will have answered most of the questions that they have asked.
“By then, we will have kept most of these promises. Already, many of them have been kept. And you can see from the mood in the hall, almost everyone here is happy,” Idris said.
The minister further reiterated that over 60 leaders from the northern part of the country, serving in the current administration, have been invited to the event. He stated that they were at the event to inform Nigerians, especially people of the North, about the government of Tinubu’s plans, actions taken, and future intentions.
“Very senior people from the northern part of the country are all happy that we have come. They are so glad that we are engaging in this high-level manner. “This is unprecedented. It is the first time that Ministers in such large numbers will come here to talk to the citizens in this kind of manner; please note that this is not going to be a one-off thing.
“We’ll continue to engage the people from time to time, because this is the best form of having better collaboration between the government and people in the position of leadership,” Idris said. While the first plenary session concentrated on national security, the second was on governance and the economy.
The Federal Government’s team on defence, security, governance, and economy did justice to the topics through presentations of the laudable achievements of the Tinubu-led administration.
