The Minister of Transportation,
Rotimi Amaechi, has dared the Senator representing Abia South senatorial
district, Enyinnaya Abaribe, saying that the lawmaker “was not more of Igbo
than himself”.
Apparently angered over his frequent
invitation to appear before the Joint Senate Committee on Land Transport and
Local and Foreign Debts on Tuesday, the angry minister said: “I have been
hearing what Senator Abaribe has been saying over the eastern railway about me.
“Abaribe can’t be more Igbo than
I. Most Igbo people cannot interpret Abaribe, but most Igbo understand and can
interpret Amaechi.”
Immediately, Senator Obinna Ogba,
a member of the committee, demanded that the minister retracts the statement,
saying it was insulting to the Senate.
Ogba said the Senate least
expected such uncomplimentary statement from the minister. After persuasion
from some members of the committee, the minister withdrew the statement.
On the circumstances surrounding
the eastern railway arrangement with General Electric, the minister explained
that the company – General Electric – has folded.
He further revealed that the
federal government has engaged Transnet Construction Company on a private
public partnership arrangements.
“The Federal government’s eastern
railway development arranged with the General Electric collapsed because the
comp has folded, but it is not within me to explain what led to that.
“We have engaged another Chinese
subsidiary firm, Transnet Construction Company on PPP arrangement,” the
minister disclosed.
Why chinese company if I may ask?
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ReplyDeleteThere is more to that than meets the eyes.
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ReplyDeleteThe minister of Transport should be ashamed to even say a company that won the contract to execute such a project in Nigeria folded, because BPP must evaluated their competence before selecting them to be right company that won the bid. So except corruption is the order of those concern, God help us Sha.
ReplyDeletePoliticians will just say what they like anytime and anyhow
ReplyDeleteYou award a contract to a coy and you come out here to tell Nigerians that the coy fold up
Please be objective, go check Google to confirm if GE is still into the rail business. The company is selling off its rail/transportation business assets worldwide. Let's stop being petty
ReplyDeleteAmechi needs to be more cultured...he talks anyhow most times
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