FG unveils Portal for Buhari’s achievements

By Mashe Umaru Gwamna

The federal government has unveiled portal for Buhari’s administration legacy.

President Muhammadu Buhari stated this during the unveiling of the programme, ‘’preserving PMB legacy,’’ tagged; ‘’PMB Administration Scorecard Series (2015-2023)’’ in Abuja by the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture.

Represented by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Buhari noted that the programme made easy gauging of the impact of the programme and some accompanying policies over the years.

“ Time and history will speak more eloquently of his stewardship”.

Buhari, who described the

Engr Dada Pre- Season NNWLC tournament ends in Niger State

From Yakubu Mustapha Minna compiled Ministerial Score card series, and PMB legacy portal, as an attempt at keeping a faithful record in audio, video and print of the achievements of the his administration in the last eight years, said the Minister of information and his team deserve commendation.

The pre season tournament of Engineer Ibrahim Dada annual Nigeria Nation Wide League Competition has ended in Makunkele, Bosso local government area of Niger state.

The football competition during its 10th Anniversary tournament with 20 clubs participated which final ended 2-0 in favour of Tornadoes Feeders Club of Minna against the Alheri Babes of Nasarawa.

Engineer who is the annual sponsor of the competition in an interview said the aim is to contribute his quarter by engaging youths for the development of the state and the country.

Dada emphasized that sports is the easiest means of unifying youths and the people rather than allowing them to be involved in social vices like restiveness, drug abuse, thuggery and others hence the idea for the competition to the betterment of their future.

“The whole exercise is important for various reasons. First, it is a historical record, and a fairly reliable one because it is a nearly contemporaneous record of what transpired in that eight year period.

“Second, the records being kept in many different forms help to reinforce their accuracy and authenticity.

“Third, this detailed record, even though some will argue is the biased view of active participants in the matters being recorded, will nevertheless provide very useful source materials for researchers and historians in the future whether they are for or against our administration.

“In other words, by undertaking with great diligence and commitment this incredibly difficult task of record keeping, the Minister and his colleagues in this effort have provided a body of systematically structured facts in writing , photographs and film footage on the most recent eight years of almost a quarter of a century of democracy in Nigeria.

“Fourth the Scorecard series is more than a self report card it is also, a programmatic agenda that has provided a platform for Ministers to highlight their challenges, and unfolding plans for their respective ministries.

“The records of PMB will be a useful soft material for researchers”,He said.

In his remarks, Lai Mohammed said the event marks the highpoint of the programme launched on October 19th, 2022 by his ministry to massively showcase the achievements of the Buhari’s administration. According to him, the testimonials of the actual beneficiaries indicate that his administration practically presented the largest social investment programme in Nigeria and beyond.

Similarly, the Minister of Information and Culture,Lai Mohammed,has unveiled four different programmes aimed at preserving the legacy of the BuhariAdministration.

He said the programme tagged ‘’PMB Administration Scorecard

Series (2015-2023)’’, has five variants: Scorecard Presentation, Documentary, Testimony Series, Compendium of the Administration’s achievements, and the Legacy Portal.

Mohammed stated that the Scorecard Series ran from October 19th 2022 to February 14th 2023 and witnessed presentations by 25 Ministers and the Chairman of the National Population Commission, stressing that it was a huge success, going by the feedback received.

Meanwhile,He assured that the newly-launched programmes would also benefit from the multidimensional strategy to ensure their success.

“We also went beyond the moment by creating the Legacy Portal which is an electronic storehouse of the achievements”.