The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on Thursday assured Nigerians that the country is in safe hands, despite the current security challenges.
Also, he urged Nigerians not to succumb to doomsday predictions about the country because they won’t come to pass.
The Minister made this statement when the Oluyin of Iyin-Ekiti, Oba Adeola Adeniyi Ajakaiye visited him in his office in Abuja.
He said, “ it is important for our leaders at all levels to give the people a message of hope rather than making comments that could only aggravate tension.
“I appealed to Oba Ajakaiye to work with his fellow traditional rulers, as well as the government of Ekiti State, to ensure peace and security in the state.”
However, Oba Adeola Adeniyi Ajakaiye, whose visit was to seek the support of the federal government to leverage on the tourism industry in Iyin-Ekiti to diversify the economy away from oil, said that Iyin-Ekiti was blessed with numerous tourist attractions that had the potential to bring the community to national and global limelight and create jobs for its youths.
In responds to a request by the traditional ruler to help, Mohammed pledged his readiness to leverage the media and technology to showcase and popularize the historic ‘Esa Cave’ as well as the ‘Okuta Abanijorin’ (the rock that accompanies you on your trip), both foremost tourism sites in Iyin-Ekiti, in the Irepodun/Ifelodun local government area of Ekiti State.
“Putting the tourist sites on the national and global map will attract tourists, which will in turn boost the economy of not just Iyin town but, indeed, the entire Ekiti State,” he said.