Lai Mohammed, the minister of information and culture, has justified President Buhari's comparism of fuel price in Nigeria to Saudi Arabia, in his Independence day speech.

Recall that President Buhari in his Independence day speech said;

“We sell petrol at N161 per litre when same is sold at N168 per litre in Saudi Arabia; N211 per litre in Egypt; N362 per litre in Ghana; N362 per litre in Chad, and N346 per litre in Niger Republic. It does not make sense for petrol to be cheaper in Nigeria than Saudi Arabia."

The President's speech ignited controversy as critics insisted that Saudi Arabia have a higher minimum wage, standard of living and infrastructure than Nigeria.

Lai Mohammed however defended the Nigerian leader while featuring in a Radio Nigeria current affairs programme, “Radio Link’’ in Abuja on Saturday October 3.


He said;

“Some people have asked why we should compare ourselves to Saudi Arabia with better infrastructure and higher wages. Our answer to that is very simple. Saudi Arabia has 34 million peop>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>READ MORE HERE: https://gistzone24..com/2020/10/lai-mohammed-defends-president-buhari.html

The price wouldn't be much of a provided we have enough money