Tag: Amaechi
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2019: Buhari’s boys launch campaign, mobilise for PMB/Osinbajo ticket
Minister of Communications, Alhaji Adebayo Shittu, on Wednesday said although President Muhammadu Buhari has not made up his mind on the 2019 presidential election, he must seek re-election because he has done well so far. Shittu said this in an interview with State House correspondents shortly after a meeting he had with Buhari at the…
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2019: Buhari kick-starts re-election bid, appoints Amaechi as campaign DG
President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly reappointed his Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, as the Director-General of his 2019 election campaign. According to THISDAY, Buhari may have finally made the decision to seek re-election and has started preparing to campaign. Amaechi, who led Buhari’s campaign in 2015, has been issued a letter of appointment for next…
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Rivers killings: Fix security challenges or resign, Ameachi tells Wike
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday challenged Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State to either provide adequate security in the state or resign from office. The minister, who is also a former governor of the state, said this in an interview with State House correspondents after a meeting he had with President Muhammadu…
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Nigerian youths should question leaders on what they are doing with public funds – Amaechi
…says youths now openly celebrate corrupt officials The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says Nigeria youth are copying the wrong model of leadership, an act, he notes, may jeopardise their future. Mr. Amaechi made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of the Future Awards Africa held…
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We were elected to offer good governance not blame Jonathan – Amaechi
The Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, has said Nigerians elected President Muhammadu Buhari against former President Goodluck Jonathan to offer good governance and not to blame it for Nigerian’s woes as the administration has done from inception in 2015. Amaechi spoke during a meeting at his office on Tuesday. In his words: “I agree with…
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Connect all 36 states by rail, Buhari tells Amaechi
President Muhammadu Buhari has given the directive that all the 36 state capitals should be connected with rail in the ongoing railway projects. The Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, said this on Thursday at the meeting with the Chairman Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Shehu Sani. The meeting, also attended by the Ministers…
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Nigeria never had any approved National Transport Policy since independence – Amaechi
The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi on Wednesday lamented the poor state of the country’s transportation sector, stressing that Nigeria never had any approved National Transport Policy since independence. Amaechi Amaechi who delivered a Keynote address at a seminar organised by the Abuja Transport and Aviation Correspondents Association (ATACA) in Abuja, noted that the…
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Intermodal transportation will reduce fares, create jobs – Amaechi
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi on Monday said the development of intermodal transportation would reduce fares and create more jobs in the country. Amaechi made the remarks at the opening ceremony of the 15th National Council on Transportation in Sokoto. The minister, who was represented by Sabiu Zakari, the Permanent Secretary of the…
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Amaechi blasts Buhari, says ‘You treat Nnamdi Kanu with iron hand but pets Arewa youths’
First Republic politician, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, has reacted to the marching order given to Service Chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari to crush Biafra agitators. The former Aviation Minister said the order was superficial and biased as it focuses on the utterances and activities of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu,…
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Abuja-Kaduna rail line now generate N1m daily- Amaechi
The Abuja to Kaduna rail line now generates one million Naira daily, Minister of Transportation Mr. Rotimi Amaechi disclosed. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Benin, Amaechi said that the feat was because of the increase in passengers that patronise the rail. He attributed the passenger surge to the…