Alhaji Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, has acknowledged that President Bola Tinubu is facing certain difficulties.
In light of this, Idris stated that Nigeria’s choice to take food from Ukraine does not indicate that it is a helpless or failing nation.
Recall that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party (LP), denounced Nigeria’s acceptance of grain donations from Ukraine.
Obi has called the grain gift from Ukraine to Nigeria depressing.
In response, the minister disputed the assertion during the Leadership Annual Conference and Award 2023 on Tuesday in Abuja, emphasizing that Egypt was a functioning nation even if it imports over 60% of its grain from Ukraine.
According to the Minister: “Egypt gets about 60 percent of its grains from Ukraine. The fact that Egypt gets about 60 percent of its grains from Ukraine does not make it a failed state.
“The fact that we are having challenges at the moment does not make Nigeria a failed state.
“Therefore, accepting grains from Ukraine does not make Nigeria or Egypt failed countries.
“It is a normal thing because countries exist to depend on one another.
“It is true that Nigeria is facing some challenges and President Bola Tinubu is aware of this and he has been making efforts to address the situation.
“Nigerians voted for Tinubu with the deeper understanding and conviction that he has the capacity to turn things around for the better and that is what he is doing.”
