The minister said “President Buhari has achieved what even the US Government is trying to do in terms of infrastructure.”
“You know how much could have been saved if the subsidy was removed and how it could have been diverted to other areas and spheres of national life.
“In the Corruption Perceptions Index 2021, Nigeria ranks 154 out of 180 countries and territories, falling back five places from the rank of 149 in 2020.”
Mr Buhari said regardless of the early exit of the Super Eagles from the AFCON tournament, Nigerians “should not write them off.”
Flanked by 13 military officers, coup leader Capt. Sidsore Kader Ouedraogo said the aim was to allow the country “get back on the right track.”
The junior minister explained that the FG will not remove subsidy until it had engaged with stakeholders.
“Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore has been detained at a military camp by mutinying soldiers,” two security sources and a West African diplomat said.
Both teams went into the first-half break without goals.
The matches will be held in March with Ghana hosting the first leg.
Mr Abdulsalami said the COVID-19 pandemic, and banditry in the North-West have compounded Nigeria’s crisis.
