“I have many libel cases against me”- Lai Mohammed reveals

Minister of Information and Communication, Lai Mohammed has revealed that he has many libel cases against him, he said these cases were filed by Nigerians.

He spoke on Friday while featuring on TVC’s ‘This Morning’ show.

While speaking on TVC’s “This morning” show on Friday, Lai said the Federal Government has not given up in prosecuting corrupt politicians and former government officials who have been charged for corrupt practices.

During the interview, the Minister was asked about the status of the government against corruption.

The Minister answered,

“We are on course; we are very much on course. The programmes of activities that the various anti-corruption agencies of government such as the ICPC (Independent Corrupt Practices Commission), Code of Conduct Bureau have been embarked upon.

“But more importantly is that when people talk about corruption, a lot of corruption comes when the system is opaque, not transparent. That is why we were able to identify that 40% of the scoring methodology is around the ease of doing business and unless you address that, you will also be scoring low. That is why we embarked on Ports Reforms. Ports Reforms are very important, it will be slow but it will help the narratives.

“In addition to these preventive measures in the system, we have not halted the prosecution of high-profile Nigerians who are involved in fraud, we’ve not stopped. Of course, some of these things are not what you can say on air because as I speak today, I have various libel cases against me but I know that we have not stopped but we should not focus our attention on the high-profile cases.

“Corruption is something that is a bit systemic and that is why we are taking that approach from the very beginning.”

Lai Mohammed has been condemned by many Nigerians in the past for covering up some excesses of the government and also, for defending the government by saying no death was recorded during the #Endsars# protest at Lekki toll gate on October 20th, 2020.

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