Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said that the APC government did not promise to fix Nigeria’s problem within a year and cautioned those lamenting the economic hardship to wait till 2019 for the desired change.
Also, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, cautioned Nigerians against making statements that could cause religious disharmony, warning that “no nation has ever survived religious war.”
The ministers spoke in Ilorin, Kwara State, during a North Central town hall meeting for the people of Kogi, Niger and Kwara states by the Federal Government.
Amaechi said though the Federal Government knows that things are difficult, Nigerians should wait till the end of the four-year mandate given to the administration before they can judge whether the government had performed or not.
According to him, “We did not promise you that those challenges will be solved in one year or you would have given us a one-year mandate. But you gave us four years mandate, so wait till the end of four years before you can conclude that we have not done well.”
While giving stewardship of his ministry, the minister lamented that the refusal of the National Assembly to approve the government’s borrowing plan from China was drawing the government back, urging the people from the three states to prevail on the National Assembly to approve the loan.
According to him, if accessed, the loan would enable the government embark on the rivatalisation of rail projects, which would create more jobs.
He said: “Go and talk to your people in the National Assembly. They are the ones holding the Federal Government back from improving on the infrastructure that would provide mass employment for the people by stopping the President’s borrowing plan from China. They are the ones frustrating our efforts.”
Also, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, cautioned Nigerians against making statements that could cause religious disharmony, warning that “no nation has ever survived religious war.”
The ministers spoke in Ilorin, Kwara State, during a North Central town hall meeting for the people of Kogi, Niger and Kwara states by the Federal Government.
Amaechi said though the Federal Government knows that things are difficult, Nigerians should wait till the end of the four-year mandate given to the administration before they can judge whether the government had performed or not.
According to him, “We did not promise you that those challenges will be solved in one year or you would have given us a one-year mandate. But you gave us four years mandate, so wait till the end of four years before you can conclude that we have not done well.”
While giving stewardship of his ministry, the minister lamented that the refusal of the National Assembly to approve the government’s borrowing plan from China was drawing the government back, urging the people from the three states to prevail on the National Assembly to approve the loan.
According to him, if accessed, the loan would enable the government embark on the rivatalisation of rail projects, which would create more jobs.
He said: “Go and talk to your people in the National Assembly. They are the ones holding the Federal Government back from improving on the infrastructure that would provide mass employment for the people by stopping the President’s borrowing plan from China. They are the ones frustrating our efforts.”
wait for four yrs abi
ReplyDeleteuntil people don die finish. its not ur fault
4 years is long enough for hunger to finish the masses before the actual kobo-kobo change you promised us... We can't wait that long!
ReplyDeleteVery true
ReplyDeletetruely you didnt promise to change it in a year but things shouldnt be retrogressing then accompained by multiple complains with no counter measures to alleviate the sufferings of the people with continued assurance and you expect people not to complain.we are not lower animals that dont reason and know right from wrong
ReplyDeletehmmm. nawao for this APC!
ReplyDeleteU mean we should wait for 4years when pple go don die finish
ReplyDeleteWe dey wait ooo
ReplyDeleteFashola said he would fix light in six month that it was not rocket science,u Guy's should just accept and change strategy and reforms instead of always blaming and being defensive when blamed.
ReplyDeleteEnter your comment...hmmm nawa o
ReplyDeleteHonourable Ministers betraying honour in their languages: First Ameachi who thinks he can only perform only if we are blackmailed into borrowing. Sorry sir, we will not sanction borrowing. Government is not all about spending but generating funds. Again I wonder why Lai Mohammed is talking about religious war when the protesters cut across all religious divide. The strategy of honorables pitching a section of the country against the other is worn out. It will not work. The suffering masses of this country are Muslims, Christians and even traditional worshippers. Oga Lai, Nigeria cannot go into religious war because they collectively protest against a wasteful and clueless government like the APC led government of Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteOur leaders should be honourable in their utterances please. Nigerians are not MUGUS!!
Amaechi is mad
ReplyDelete...weekend that will sweet you start sensing it from Monday. Bro pack well
ReplyDeleteAmaechi you have talked to the national assembly they didn't listened. Isn't me they will listen to? What happened to all the money 💰 recovered from efcc?
ReplyDeleteAnd what is the meaning of that.........?
ReplyDeleteHmmm it is well oh
ReplyDeleteHmmm it is well oh
ReplyDeleteYeye talk! He should just stfu..
ReplyDeleteSo he even know there is a religious war in the country...
ReplyDeleteThis is simply a cold war that if not well fought, would end in disaster...
So true, it's a 4yrs contract
ReplyDeleteSometimes it amazed me on the level of irresponsibility of our leaders in accepting their failures and rather look for a cluesless excuse. Was Ameachi not part of the PDP team that missile this country for 16 years?
ReplyDeleteI'm just wondering...is impeachment not a constitutional option???
ReplyDeleteU ARE A DISSAPOINTMENT
ReplyDeleteWe hear,God is watching
ReplyDeleteU are a big fool,pdp for 16yrs.
ReplyDeleteAny leader not ready to act urgently,to the problem facing Nigeria right now. Shall die in office.
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