We Weren't Prepared To Rule Nigeria - Lai Mohammed

The Information, culture and tourism Minister of Nigeria, Lai Mohammed has said the ruling party is not prepared for the level of rot it met on ground when it took over power in May 2015. 

Lai stated this in an interview with the Sun Newspaper. According to him, the ruling party was shocked at the level of impunity, madness and indiscipline in the country when it took over the affairs of the nation.

The information minister however said, the change the ruling party promised Nigerians has come to stay. 

Lai said, "Let’s look at it, number one, we promised change and that change has come. There is change today from impunity to accountability and it means a lot. There is a change today from corruption to integrity, it means a lot.

"There is a change today in the way people view corruption than the way they use to view it before. You will never live your flamboyant lifestyle again. In 2014 or thereabout when the former President went to Kenya, there were about 100 private jets that went with him."

"What we did not know was the level of dirt and rottenness, the level of dirt and corruption is what we did not get. We knew things were bad but we did not know things were these bad. We did not know before we came in that there was no savings at all, we did not know before we came in, the madness and scale of indiscipline and impunity," Lai said.