Former transport minister Rotimi Amaechi, a presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has told delegates in the party’s...
Former transport minister Rotimi Amaechi, a presidential
aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has told delegates in the
party’s forthcoming presidential primary election not to listen to other APC
presidential hopefuls.
Mr Amaechi appealed to the delegates to shun politicians
with deceitful tendencies who would come to them for votes and urged them to
consider his track record of achievements over the years in public service.
“I have come to beg you to elect me because you are the most
important politicians now in APC. Don’t be deceived by politicians who would
come here to speak English. ”I have worked with two of your governors. I have
the capacity to deliver. Check my work in the ministry of transportation, I
delivered the Abuja-Kaduna railway,” the ex-minister stated. “I started
the Kano-Kaduna railway, I started the
Port Harcourt-Maiduguri railway, I completed the Warri-Itakpe railway and
completed the Lagos-Ibadan railway. I changed the face of the maritime sector,
so I am tested and I am trusted. All I can say to you is to go out on that day
and vote for me.”
He stated this at a consultative meeting with delegates of
the APC in Lafia, Nasarawa. He also met with Governor Abdullahi Sule to inform
him of his plans to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari.
According to Mr Amaechi, a revamped sector will in turn help
in creating wealth and employment opportunities for the masses. He noted that
one of the woes of the nation’s economy was the shift from agriculture by
successive governments to service economy.
“I will fight to change the economy by focusing on
agriculture. I will also invest in the manufacturing and productive industries.
The problem of Nigeria is that we moved into the service industry and we have
refused to pay attention to production,” explained the ex-Rivers governor. “So,
you see somebody producing chicken, he doesn’t have a processing factory, he
doesn’t have an abattoir that will kill the chicken, process it and sell it as
a finished product.”
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He further stated, “If you have a processing factory you
will employ more hands. So, we will depend on states like Nasarawa that have a
very high level of practice in agriculture, and that will change the face of
Nasarawa state.”
Responding, Mr Sule said, “Sir, you don’t have to sell
yourself to me at all. I may know you more than you think I do. One
introduction about you that was not done is the doggedness of who you are, you
are a dogged fighter. You fought to emerge as the chairman of the governor’s
forum. You fought to become the Rivers governor. Everything about you, you
fought to get them.”
The Nasarawa governor added, ”So, today you are fighting to
be the president of Nigeria, I wish you well.
The most amazing thing is the intimidating team you have been able to
put together, a lot of people in your team are well known to me.”
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