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Minister Urges Nigerians to Hold Ministers Accountable

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Minister Urges Nigerians to Hold Ministers Accountable

By Maryam Muhammad

The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has called on Nigerians to hold ministers rather than the President accountable for any failure in governance.

The minister made the call when he was decorated as the Patron of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) by the leadership of the union at the Ministry of Works headquarters in Abuja.

He said political discussions should not be centred on religious sentiments or personalities but on performance.

“What has religion got to do with performance? If we agree that we are brothers and sisters, forget about your religion, because nobody intentionally chose a religion. It is based on where you were born, and we are created by the same God. Nobody fights for God. God fights for Himself. Let us face issues. Issues. The Vice President is very articulate and very intelligent. What has religion got to do with this?,” he said.

He further highlighted what he described as progress made by the Tinubu administration, saying the macroeconomy had been fixed, there were no more university strikes, the naira had stabilised and the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was growing.

He said the GDP “is growing more than our population.”

Umahi urged the association to take a stand ahead of the 2027 general elections in Nigeria.

“I want you to take a side. If you say, by this declaration, that what we are doing is good, we have to take a stand to vote for the President. Let him finish. Let him take back our country. Let him reposition our country. And this is very clear, very important,” he said.