Tag: Rotimi Amaechi

Amaechi inaugurates 7-man panel to probe suspended NPA MD, Hadiza Bala-Usman

Aminu Imam

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, today inaugurated a seven-man Panel of Enquiry to probe the suspended Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, (NPA), Hazida Bala-Usman. The panel, according to him, is to examine and investigate the administrative policies and strategies adopted by the suspended Managing Director while at the helms and confirm compliance with extant laws and rules from 2016 till date. The minister, during the inauguration of the committee in Abuja, noted that the terms of reference of the panel include examining and investigating issues leading to…

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How Ameachi exposed Hadiza Usman to President Buhari over NPAs unremitted N165.320bn

Aminu Imam

Fresh facts have emerged over the immediate reasons for the sack of the erstwhile Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority(NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman. According to a memo addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari that may have sealed the fate of the Kaduna state-born female activist, personally written and signed by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Ameachi, the Minister complained of the inability of the NPAs management to account for the unremitted amount of N165.320 billion between 2016 to 2020. In the memo, titled: Remittance of Operating Surplus to the Consolidated…

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Senate approves $1.5bn, 995m external loan for FG

Aminu Imam

The sum of $1.5 billion and Euro 995 million external loans has on Tuesday been approved for the Federal Government by the Senate. The approval was granted by the Senate following the consideration of the report of of its Committee on Local and Foreign Debts on the external borrowing plan of the Federal Government at plenary. Chairman of the Committee, Senator Clifford Ordia, presented the report. This is conung on the heels of the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi’s recent comments that the selfishness of some lawmakers that resulted in…

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FG officially flags-off freight services on Itakpe-Warri rail line

Aminu Imam

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has officially flagged-off freight and haulage services on the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line. It was gathered that this will mark the opening of the rail line for goods and cargo movement. Recall that Amaechi had, in a tweet on Wednesday, announced the official start of the movement when he said: This Friday, well officially flag off freight services and haulage activities on the Warri-Itakpe rail line. The Itakpe-Warri railway line, which links Warri in Delta state to Ajaokuta, in Kogi State, was inaugurated by President…

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PHOTO NEWS: FG officially flags-off movement of goods through rail transport

Aminu Imam

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has officially flagged-off freight and haulage services on the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line. It was gathered that this will mark the opening of the rail line for goods and cargo movement. Recall that Amaechi had, in a tweet on Wednesday, announced the official start of the movement when he said: This Friday, well officially flag off freight services and haulage activities on the Warri-Itakpe rail line.

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FG to commence construction of 4 new rail projects across Nigeria – Amaechi

Aminu Imam

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that the Federal Government is about to commence 4 new rail line projects in various parts of the country. This disclosure was made by Amaechi while speaking at the annual ministerial press briefing on programmes, projects and activities of the Federal Ministry of Transportation and its agencies on Friday, in Abuja. The listed rail line projects include Ibadan-Kano, Port Harcourt-Maiduguri, Kano-Maradi and Lagos-Calabar rail lines. Although the minister announced that the Federal Government was about to start the rail lines project, he…

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Amaechi orders sack of corrupt Kaduna rail workers

Aminu Imam

Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi yesterday ordered the Managing Director of the Nigeria Railway Corporation, (NRC), Fidet Okhiria, to investigate allegations of ticket racketeering at Regasa, Kaduna, train station, and sack those found culpable. Amaechi gave the order yesterday, during a press briefing at the Ministry headquarters in Abuja. The Ministers order came following reports of racketeering of train tickets at the train station. The MD of NRC said the cooperation has restricted passengers to two ticket purchases at a time in order to block racketeering but racketeers had found ways…

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‘Women are by far more intelligent than men’ – Amaechi

Aminu Imam

The Minister of Transportation and former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaeachi, has stated that women are far more intelligent than men. Amaechi stated this while speaking at the second edition of the Association of Nigerian Women Business Network (ANWBN) in Abuja, on Saturday. The minister, via a statement released by his Special Assistant on Media, Taiye Elebiyo-Edeni, noted that women are capable of holding positions of authority in the society other than the mere 35 percent affirmative action policy. According to him, I do not support male domination, neither…

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36 yrs after, Buhari commits to make P/Harcourt-Maiduguri rail-line work again

Aminu Imam

Abandoned since 1985, the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has expressed commitment to ensure that the Port-Harcourt-Maiduguri rail line is resuscitated. The President spoke virtually yesterday during the ground-breaking ceremony of three projects, namely: the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Port Harcourt Maiduguri Eastern Narrow Gauge railway project, Bonny Deep Sea Port and Railway Industrial Park, Port-Harcourt. The President said the rehabilitation of the Port HarcourtMaiduguri railway would reactivate economic activities along the Eastern corridor, which have been greatly affected by insecurity. He added that the countrys aspiration for nationwide transport infrastructure…

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Kano-Maradi Rail project to cost Nigeria $1.9bn, says Amaechi

Aminu Imam

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said that the Kano-Maradi (Niger Republic) rail project will cost the federal government $1.9bn. The Minister said, The project is going to cost us $1.9bn and we will source it from mostly Europe, on a television programme yesterday. Amaechi, who is a former Governor of Rivers State, noted, however, that the country has not secured the money, stressing that we are about concluding. On how long it will take the country to repay the loan, the minister explained that it is not within…

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