Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has called on the federal government to give more attention to federal roads in the South East geopolitical zone which he said were in very deplorable condition.
Kayode who made the call while addressing journalists in Umuahia, after his two- day visit to Abia State, noted with disgust the sorry state of the Ohafia-Arochukwu federal highway through which he said he drove to Ohafia where he had attended a reception ceremony organised for the Nigerian High Commissioner to Canada, Chief Ojo Maduekwe.
The former Aviation boss said “as one with influence on the federal government,” he would talk to his friend, the Minister of works to visit the state with a view to fixing the federal roads “both in Abia and other parts of South East.”
Kayode, however, commended Governor Theodore Orji who he said had posted some remarkable ” legacy projects” in the state, and applauded him for also championing the cause of the South East.
He said leaders like Orji had made commendable efforts in building bridges across tribal divides, adding that Orji is among detribalised Nigerian leaders whose actions have continued to foster unity in the country.
Answering questions on how the aviation industry fared while he held sway, Kayode said his “mandate was to come and stop plane crashes” which were prevalent before his coming on board.
He said before his appointment, over 453 persons perished within one year in three separate crashes , adding that when he came on stage ” all those crashes stopped but resumed three months after I left office.”
The former Aviation Minister said the ministry was cash-strapped in his days, hence he could not achieve much in terms of infrastructural development.
This man, you like winning your mouth too much.
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