Shehu Sani, a former senator representing Kaduna central,
says President Muhammadu Buhari should have re-nominated Rotimi Amaechi as
minister of transportation.
Sani spoke on Tuesday in an interview with Channels
Television.
Earlier, Buhari had sent names of seven ministerial nominees
to the senate as replacements for the ministers who had resigned to pursue
their political ambitions.
Amaechi, former minister of transportation; Ogbonnaya Onu,
former minister of science and technology; Godswill Akpabio, former minister of
Niger Delta affairs; and Emeka Nwajiuba, former minister of state for
education, left their roles in pursuit of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
presidential ticket.
Uche Ogah, former minister of mines and steel, exited his
role as the minister of state for mines and steel development to pursue the
Abia governorship bid, while Tayo Alasoadura, former minister of state for
Niger Delta affairs, quit his position to contest for the APC senatorial ticket
in Ondo.
Reacting to the nomination of new ministers, the former
Kaduna senator said Buhari’s decision is in the “right direction”, adding that
the business of governance must continue.
He however noted that Amaechi could have been re-nominated
to complete some of the railway projects he started.
“Naturally, when you
have a vacuum with the resignation of the ministers and their entry into the
political scene, it is incumbent on the president to nominate a new set of
ministers who will continue with the normal conduct of government and
governance,” he said.
“It has been habitual for the president to take a very long
time before replacing a minister. As you can see, many of these ministers have
been there for 8 years.
“But this time around, I think he is very conscious of the
fact that time is against him and there are projects that have been left
uncompleted.
“For example, the railways under Rotimi Amaechi, there is a
need to have a head, who will continue to steer these contracts and agreements
so that the targets can be met.
“So what has been
done with the names submitted to the senate, I think it is in the right
direction and it is for the senate to fix a date and screen them so that they
can continue with what they need to do.
“I thought that as critical as the ministry of
transportation is, the former minister who had made pledges and promises of
completing these rail lines — some projects within this year and some next
year.
“He should have been returned to ensure that these contracts
that were signed with China, Portugal and other financiers of our railway
projects, at least he sees them to the end.
“Because it has been the culture in this country, each time
you have a new minister, projects are usually stalled when ideally there should
be continuity in governance and activities of government.”
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