Why Nigerians no longer trust leaders — Idris
THE Federal Government yesterday lamented that Nigerians no longer believe the leaders they elect, and stressed the need to reintroduce national discourse on reorientation. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, stated this while fielding questions from State House correspondents after meeting behind closed-doors with President Bola Tinubu at the presidential villa, Abuja. The minister noted that the belief in the concept of nationhood and patriotism had broken down, saying the president had now given him the marching orders to initiate a programme to reconstruct it. He said: “Well, of course, you know that the belief in the concept of nationhood and patriotism has broken down in this country. This is not in doubt. We're trying to rebuild that, to reconstruct that. “Mr. President, gave me a marching order to see that Nigerians believe in this country once again. We're coming up with national discourse on orientation or reorientation so that Nigerians ...