Rt Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, former Minister of Transportation and Presidential Aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has indicated that he is aware of Nigeria’s difficulties, particularly the problem of insecurity, and that he is capable and ready to address them.
On Thursday, Amaechi made the statement during a consultative meeting with the Governor and APC delegates in Niger State.
He stated that he had governed a state that was as bad as Niger’s now, and that if elected, he is prepared to address the security issues.
“I know what you’re suffering, I was governor of Rivers State when they were kidnapping two months old children, and I never slept until everybody slept. Gen. Buratai is not here today, he would have told you the story. Buratai, myself the former Inspector General of Police (Suleiman Abba) ask them, we used to chase criminals in the bush.
“I remember one day I was chasing criminals with Gen Sarkin Yaki Bello (then Commander of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta), we were running and he stopped and asked me, ‘Your Excellency, are you wearing bullet proof vest?’ I said why are you asking, he said ‘what if they shoot you,’ I said ‘are you wearing one?’ He said no, and I asked ‘what if they shoot you.’
“But in six months, we brought down insecurity in Rivers State,” Amaechi said.
“As Minister for Transport, today, the contract for Baro(port) was awarded, and the contract for the rail line to go from Baro to Minna was also awarded,” Amaechi remarked of his contribution to Niger State when he was the Minister of Transportation. The Emir informed me that the contractor had come to see him and expressed his desire to begin construction.”
Apart from his significant experience as Speaker, Governor, Minister, and Director General of two successful Presidential campaigns, Amaechi indicated that there is a distinction between him and other competitors, namely that he is a more experienced politician and a people person.
“Another difference between me and them, is that I am a politician, they’re not. The difference is that I can walk to you and I’ll talk, discuss with you. I can connect easily with the people. I wasn’t born into a rich family. My father was a poor man, the only English my mother knows how to speak is pidgin english. I ate garri three times a day, and I still eat garri three times a day till today, so I know poverty”, he said.
He believes that now is the moment for the people of the North and all Nigerians to rally behind him, just as he did for the country when he backed President Buhari’s election, regardless of whether he is from the North or the South.
“When everybody was fighting me, saying ‘he’s supporting a Northern candidate, he’s supporting a Hausa/Fulani candidate,’ I remained steadfast that I was supporting a Nigerian candidate. Now is your turn to?”
“Payback,” The delegates chorused in response.
Sani Bello, the Governor of Niger State, who welcomed Amaechi to the state, asked the delegates if they were satisfied with Amaechi’s report, to which they all replied, “Yes!”
Earlier, Amaechi paid a courtesy visit to the Emir of Minna, Alhaji Umar Farouq Bahago, who expressed satisfaction with Amaechi’s performance as Minister of Transportation, thanking him for bringing the Baro seaport and rail project to Niger State, and confirming that the contractor, CCECC, had contacted him and said they are ready to start work.
Amaechi’s vast expertise, according to the Emir, qualifies him for the position of President of the country.
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