Rotimi Amaechi, minister of
transportation, says he will be “nearly foolish” to say there is no corruption
in the current administration.
Speaking with media houses,
Amaechi said the corruption that might be found in the present government can
not be compared with what obtained in previous administrations.
He said under President
Muhammadu Buhari, there are consequences for corrupt acts.
Asked if there is no form
of corruption under Buhari, he said: “I will nearly be a foolish man to say
that but compare the magnitude if there is any. Before it was with impunity.
Now there are consequences for stealing.”
The minister said if
previous administrations used the country’s resources on infrastructure, a lot
of progress would have been made developing the country.
“What happened when we had
this money? What did we do with that money? We say ‘Oh stop criticising them do
your own’. The truth is that the president is eliminating corruption because it
is that resource we can use to do Lagos-Ibadan rail.
“Do you know why they
didn’t finish Abuja-Kaduna rail then? Counterpart funding. They could not pay.
When we came, we paid N23 billion. The counterpart funding for Lagos-Ibadan is
N72 billion, we have paid.
“Let me tell you, if we
don’t win, corruption will come back automatically. Nobody will beg it.
“They way it will come back
because the people are out, they have been out for four years and they have
never been out of government before, PDP never left government so now they are
hungry, not hungry for power, in fact, if you tell them that I want to keep
power and I will give you money, they will.”
Mr. Amaechi is the
immediate past governor of Rivers state. He also served as the campaign
director of Mr. Buhari in 2015.
Although Mr. Buhari has yet
to publicly declare his intention to seek re-election, insiders have said Mr.
Amaechi has been appointed to lead the campaign again.
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