Buhari holistically transforming Nigeria – Onu
.As Group warns politicians against misrepresenting facts on PMB’s health
Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, says President Muhammadu Buhari is holistically transforming Nigeria.
The minister told journalists in Zaria, Kaduna State that Nigeria has so many things to be happy about since the coming to power of the Buhari administration.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the minister was in Zaria to inaugurate a chemical laboratory at the National Research Institute for Chemical Technology (NARICT) and a plant for the production of high grade precipitated calcium carbonate and caustic soda.
“We have so many things to be happy with and to say yes that our country is on the move again.
“Yes, of course, we are on the move, we really want to transform Nigeria and we are very hopeful that by the grace of God we will transform our country,” Onu said.
He, however, tasked Nigerians on collective efforts towards the transformation drive.
“The problem of transforming the economy is something that will involve all Nigerians, so we need to work together.
“It is not just the research institutes that will do it alone, we need the industries too.
“Here we have the industry coming to assist research and developmental works of the nation, knowing that in the end, they will be the primary beneficiaries.
“The output will be of great interest and benefit to the nation’s industrialisation programme and all Nigerians,” he noted.
Also in an interview, the NARICT Acting Director-General, Prof. Mohammed Yakubu said the projects inaugurated by the minister would add value to the quest for Nigeria’s industrialisation.
He appreciated the support of NOTAP, PZ and RMRDC for their contributions to the success of the research projects.
Meanwhile, the Buhari Youth Organisation, Lagos Chapter, on Friday, cautioned politicians against misrepresenting facts on the state of health of President Muhammadu Buhari in the interest of the nation.
The group made the plea in a statement jointly signed by Mr. AbdulWaheed Odunuga, the State Coordinator, and Mr. Adekunle Aderibigbe, the General Secretary.
The statement said: “The President’s state of health should not be used to incite negative reactions that will debar Nigerians from going about doing their businesses in any part of the country.
“The president’s health should not be used to unsettle the peace we currently enjoy as we also pray that God should restore his health and strength to complete all the good work he has started.”
It also called on the Federal Government to sanction individuals or groups trying to use issues surrounding the current state of health of the president to destabilise the nation.
“Speculations about the president’s health arouse various negativities in business and political activities in the country, such false information may cripple the economy and heighten instabilities.
“Some individuals capitalise on such speculations to issue various articles to unsettle the peaceful coexistence of multiethnic society with unfounded contents.
“Such rumours are widely spread on the internet and social media to create brouhaha triggering various differed emotions.
“As Nigerians, we should not condone such acts any longer in order for us to sustain our unity as a sovereign state where peace and justice reign.
“People should be held responsible for damages caused due to their wrongful acts,” the statement said.
It added that the government came in when Niger-Delta militants were busy destroying properties that they partly own.
The statement commended the government’s courage to fight corruption, provide security and ensure better living conditions for everyone resident in the country.
