Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, says President Muhammadu Buhari "sleeps and wakes up thinking about the nation's railway.Amaechi said this after meeting with the president on Thursday.He said his ministry was expecting a total of 17 locomotives to boost rail transportation."The president sleeps and wakes up thinking about our railways; therefore I must always see him and tell him how [...]
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Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west senatorial district, has included himself among the political elite who have failed Nigeria and her teeming youth.Speaking at The Osasu Show Symposium in Abuja on Friday, Melaye said politics being played by the elite is responsible for poverty and hunger in Nigeria, and both ills have no political party.Melaye, who spoke as one of [...]
Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, says General Electric (GE) and the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation Ltd (CCECC), will build universities of transportation in Nigeria.Speaking at The Osasu Show symposium in Abuja on Friday, Amaechi said the government is not only focusing on making the rail lines in Nigeria work, but also building capacity for Nigerians.The minister said the two [...]
Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, says the establishment of a national carrier will grow Nigeria's economy.In an interview with BBC, Amaechi said airline movements enhance the speed at which businesses are transacted within the country and a national airline will aid that."The speed at which business is transacted and cargoes or freight are conveyed are greatly enhanced by airline movements, [...]
Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, has directed that the station managers, porters, and ticket officials at Idu and Rigasa, the Abuja-Kaduna rail stations be removed for alleged ticket racketeering at the stations.Amaechi gave the directive while inspecting the rail stations on Friday.According to the minister, the step became necessary following complaints of passengers over racketeering of VIP tickets at the [...]
Seun Adeoye, presiding bishop of Sufficient Grace and Truth Ministry (SGTM) in Osun state, says the current administration cannot get anything right until Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, apologises for his “wrongs”.In a statement issued in Osogbo, the state capital on Tuesday, Adeoye said Amaechi had “offended men of God” when he alleged, in 2015, that ex-President Goodluck Jonathan bribed [...]
Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, says the Abuja-Kaduna rail line now generates one million naira daily.In an interview with NAN, Amaechi said that the feat was due to the increase in passengers that patronise the rail.He attributed the passenger surge to the security challenges faced by commuters along the route.‘’We are spending N56 million per month, we are getting back [...]
The dispute between Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, and Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, is far from over as the governor has ordered the revocation of the certificate of occupancy of Novotel Hotel, Port Harcourt, one of the places where Amaechi lodges whenever he visits the state.A certificate of occupancy is what gives legal backing to a landed property.Located at [...]
Rotimi Amaechi, former governor of Rivers state, has berated Nyesom Wike, his successor, for allegedly telling “lies” and accusing him of abusing his position as governor.Amaechi said this on Tuesday while responding to Wike's claims that the state government has “enough evidence” to nail Amaechi.On Monday, Wike said his administration was in possession of authentic documents that proved Amaechi’s "corrupt [...]
The last time Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, and Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, were seen together in public, both men avoided each other.Incidentally, that was exactly a year ago. Lawal Daura, director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS), had invited them to a security meeting in Abuja.The issues discussed centred on the botched rerun parliamentary election, which [...]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, to take legal action against former governors, who are now either senators or ministers so as to recover an alleged N40bn earned in double payment.SERAP alleged that Bukola Saraki, senate president, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Godswill Akpabio, Theodore Orji, Abdullahi Adamu, Sam Egwu, Shaaba Lafiagi, are among [...]
Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, says the Lagos-Ibadan rail service will be in use by December 2018.He made this known on Tuesday after assessing the project at Ijoko, in Ado Odo/Ota local government area of Ogun alongside Ibikunle Amosun, the state governor.He said the fund for the project is on ground and the federal government is committed to ensuring the [...]
Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, has said that Nyesom Wike became governor of Rivers state by the accident of former president Goodluck Jonathan.Amaechi said this in reaction to Wike's insinuation that he is angry over his title of 'Mr Project'.Wike had also alleged that commissioners and local government chairmen in Rivers paid the former governor’s wife, Judith, on monthly basis.Speaking during an [...]
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, says Rotimi Amaechi, his predecessor, is upset that he is called "Mr. Project".Speaking on Monday during an interview on Rhythm FM, a Port Harcourt-based radio station, Wike criticised the minister of transportation over his recent comments on his administration.Amaechi had reportedly taken a swipe at the 'Mr. Project' tag given to his successor.Reacting, Wike described Amaechi's [...]
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied that the existence of an internal crisis within its fold.The party said no member of its leadership has been removed, noting that Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, only made changes "in his own political team".In a statement on Saturday, Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, chairman, Rivers APC, said no member [...]
Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, says the federal government is working towards securing a loan for the upgrade of the eastern rail lines.On May 16, the senate summoned Amaechi over the alleged exclusion of the eastern rail lines from upgrade.Enyinnaya Abaribe, a senator from Abia state, had said eastern rail which connects the south-east to the north-eastern part of the country [...]
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