Former Minister of
Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has stated that what is played in Nigeria is
known as ”chop I chop politics”.
Amaechi made this known
while fielding questions from reporters.
According to him, the
administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has not been finding it easy
“trying to stop the chop I chop kind of politics has not been easy with
politicians.”
“As much as I can, I am
trying to avoid issues that would hurt people. The politics we are used to in
Nigeria is what I would describe as ‘Chop I Chop politics.’
“So they gang-up against
the President in PDP because the free money is no longer there.
“History is the study of
past events to discuss how to deal with the present and the future.
“We are not even blaming
Goodluck or Obasanjo but we are stating the history. I was part of that
administration lest you forget.
“What we are saying is that
if the money that was kept in the savings was utilized for these
infrastructures, why would President Buhari ask Rotimi Amaechi to go focus on
Lagos to Ibadan rail line? So we are compelled to start afresh.
“Majority of
infrastructures in Nigeria was built in General Yakubu Gowon’s regime, a bit of
it was built by Obasanjo and the 3rd mainland bridge was built by General
Babangida.
“So tell me what else we
have done as a country? Port Harcourt -Enugu road bad, Lagos – Kano road bad,
Ibadan – Lagos road bad.
“So assuming the blame game
they accused us of is true, we are not blaming and not working.
“I drove on Lagos – Ibadan
road to Abeokuta, we are completing it. By the time we finish Lagos – Ibadan
railway to Abeokuta.
“It will become an alternative
route because the number of people that died on that road is unimaginable.”
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