The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Friday in Kano described the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan as sick, weak and corrupt.

The minister said Nigeria would have been no more, if the All Progressives Congress had not won the 2015 presidential election.

Mohammed, who was accompanied by six ministers to a town hall meeting in Kano, was to enlighten Kano residents on the achievements of Buhari's first year in office.

The town hall meeting, organised by the Federal Ministry of Information in collaboration with the Kano state Government, was conducted in Hausa language for effective communication.

Mohammed said, "For the first time, we have a President, whose integrity is what is actually driving the force in this country. But we inherited a very sick government, the type that is inflicted with so many ailments and everything - sickle cell and any kind of sickness. You know Ebola! We came into government at a very bad time, but for the fact that God loves this country and we won the election, because if any other political party had won the election, Nigeria would have seized to exist.

"I am not exaggerating because they will not have the courage or discipline to manage the economy. Everywhere we go, we see that Nigerian situation is very simple – a man that was earning N100, 000 a month, all of a sudden his salary is slashed to N30, 000 a month, he must make painful adjustment. If he has two wives, one will have to go, if he has four children in school, two will have to step aside.

"But we went there and the President said we are not going to retrench one person, we will be battling with it and, everything that we have done so far, like the introduction of the Treasury Single Account, setting up efficiency units, discipline is what has helped this country to even maintain an even cure. We are fortunate today that gradually, things are improving; and I will always emphasise that change does not come instantly, it takes time.

"We have spent the last one year planning, we have spent the last one year to put in blocks in all leakages; and of course, our opponents have stolen so much money that they are richer than the government. They have stolen so much money that to date they cannot afford, but this government under the leadership of President Buhari will continue to organise town hall meetings to tell Nigerians what we are doing and that there is light at the end of the tunnel."