A Ministerial nominee and former Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has said one of his grandsons had asked him why people referred to him as a liar.
Speaking when he appeared before the senate for screening on Tuesday, Lai Mohammed said he had ignored his critics until his grandson brought the issue to his attention.
“My name as appeared on the CV is my correct name, which is Lai Mohammed. Don’t believe what they say on social media. They call me all sorts of names and I used to ignore it until one day when my seven-year-old grandson called me and said ‘Grandpa, tell me the truth, why do they call you lair Mohammed’?
“I looked at him. What do you say to a seven-year-old? How do you explain politics to him? So I told him don’t mind them, they are bad guys.”
Prior to his appointment as minister in 2015, Mohammed had served as the spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He is among the 13 ministers reappointed by President Muhammadu Buhari.
According to The Cable, Mohammed had submitted himself for questioning at the screening but some senators hailed him as a loyal party man and requested that he should “take a bow and go”, a plea granted by Senate President Ahmad Lawan.
