Minister of Information
and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday spoke on why President Muhammadu
Buhari constantly embarks on foreign trips.
Mohammed
while briefing State House correspondents on the outcome of the Federal
Executive Council meeting, said the trips were designed to tackle
terrorism and corruption, which had hitherto been discouraging investors
from investing in Nigeria.
The
minister said: “You do not run a country by being isolated and the
personal presence of the President in many of these fora is very
important because before now we were almost a pariah state.
“The two things that have been driving investments away from this country are terrorism and corruption.
“One
thing that nobody can fault this President on is his determination to
fight these two ills. Mr. President’s presence in these fora is very
crucial even to the economy back at home.
“What I
mean that Nigeria was a pariah state, is that before now the level of
corruption was very high that nobody was ready to risk his investment in
Nigeria.
“The cost of doing business was so high that most international businessmen didn’t want to come here.
“Who is
coming to invest in a country where there is insecurity? These are the
twin problems that Mr. President has addressed in the last nine months.”
culled:Dailypost
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