Nigerians have no option than to support us - Babachir Lawal

- The Secretary to the Government of the Federation Babachir Lawal has said that the President Muhammadu Buhari's led administration has laid a solid foundation for Nigerians

- Lawal said the present administration is working round the clock to fix the economy

- He also urged Nigerians to remain patient the administration for great development in Nigeria

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation Babachir Lawal has said that the President Muhammadu Buhari's led administration has laid a solid foundation for Nigerians since assuming duty.

Lawal who spoke at the fifth convocation ceremony of the Imo state Polytechnic, Umuaghor said the present administration is working round the clock to fix the economy.

He also urged Nigerians to remain patient the administration for great development in Nigeria.

Lawal who was conferred with the award of “Fellow of the Polytechnic”, said Buhari’s administration has recorded huge success.

"We have laid a solid foundation for the future and everybody must be ready to move the nation further.

“We have recovered billions of naira through the anti-corruption fight of the present administration," Lawal said.

Lawal also said the Nigerian economy ought to have been one of the strongest in the world but for bad administration in the past.

“Corruption has eaten deep into our system, especially in the education and health care delivery," he said.

“Nigerians have no option than to support us through our whistle-blower policy to expose all corrupt leaders and public servants.

"The 2017 budget will settle some of these challenges because more money was allocated to capital development which will help in job creation,” he added.

Also speaking, the Imo state governor Rochas Okorocha called on Nigerians to desist from blaming the current administration for the challenges its facing.

“What we are facing today is a problem caused by our leaders and it is good that those who caused the problems are still facing the wrath of the problem they caused.

“President Buhari is a God send and we should all support him now that he is with us because there are just few Nigerians like him," Okorocha said.

“I tell all of you graduands today that there is no vacancy anywhere in the ministry, but there are vacancies in the agricultural sector. So the youths should go back to agriculture”, he said.