Tag: Rotimi Amaechi

Covid-19: FG threatens to stop Abuja-Kaduna, Lagos-Ibadan train services Amaechi

Aminu Imam

Says 60 percent of Lagos-Ibadan railway workers infected The Federal Government says it will shut down the Lagos-Ibadan and the Abuja-Kaduna train services should there be any case of Covid-19 detected among passengers. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, who stated this yesterday while featuring on a television programme, said the train services on all routes might stop if passengers do not adhere to COVID-19 protocol. Amaechi, who said train users must comply with all Covid-19 protocols from the beginning of every trip to the end, further disclosed that over…

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APC HQ nullifies Amaechis suspension

Aminu Imam

Warns those in charge The Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee, on Wednesday, voided the purported suspension of the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi and some members of the party in Rivers State. The Igo Aguma-led faction of the Rivers State chapter of the party had announced the suspension of the minister, Sen. Andrew Uchendu and the former APC National Deputy Secretary, Victor Giadom, among others, over alleged anti-party activities. However, the APC National Secretariat, in a letter signed by the Head, Legal Services of the APC,…

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‘Why I turned down Jonathans offers to remain in PDP’ Amaechi

Aminu Imam

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has revealed why he turned down former President Goodluck Jonathans offers to remain in Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP).  Amaechi, who stated this in Port Harcourt while receiving some politicians who defected from the PDP to the APC in the State, said that Jonathan made him several offers to remain in the PDP but that he turned them down because he was not tribalistic.  Amaechi, who was the governor of Rivers State at the time, said he opted to work for Muhammadu Buhari, the then…

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2023: Amaechi-El-Rufa’i campaign posters flood Abuja streets

Aminu Imam

The battle for 2023 presidential election appear to have started in earnest, as posters of Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and Governor of Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai have flooded the streets of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT). The campaign posters, which have the face of Rotimi Amaechi for President also have the face of Nasir El-Rufai, the Governor of Kaduna State as his running mate and Vice Presidential candidate.One of the Amaechi-el-Rufai posters was titled: The Peoples Choice while another had the message Today may…

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Buhari approves contract for Port Harcourt-Maiduguri rail line

Ishaku Yohanna

President Buhari has approved the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri rail line. Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, disclosed this while briefing the virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. Amaechi revealed that FEC also approved the construction of a new deep seaport in Bonny, under PPP and the construction of a railway Industrial park in Port Harcourt. The Minister who disclosed that the railway line will be at the cost of $3,020,279,549, added that the industrial park, being executed under a…

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Nigeriall pay back China loan in 20 years – Amaechi

Ishaku Yohanna

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says the Nigerian government has the capability to pay back loans collected for the construction of rail projects within the stipulated period of 20 years. Amaechi, in a statement on Saturday, said China was the only country giving out loans with a low-interest rate of 2.8 per cent. He said no country in the world would give out a loan without a guarantee to pay back such loans. The trade agreement between Nigeria and China, the ministry of transportation does not take loan, everything…

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2023: Senator Lawan denies presidential ambition

Ishaku Yohanna

A recent report alleging that Senate president, Ahmad Lawan, is nursing a presidential ambition has been dismissed by his spokesperson, Ola Awoniyi. Awoniyi in a statement on Saturday, July 18, said the report claiming Ahmad Lawan is intending to contest for the presidency should be regarded as beer parlour gossips. A media report on Friday said Lawan is scheming to contest for the presidency in 2023. Consultations were ongoing among major stakeholders in the party to make Lawans goal to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in office a reality, according to…

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Why we cannot reopen rail services – Amaechi

Ishaku Yohanna

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that reopening rail services in Nigeria could mean an additional 2,000 novel Coronavirus infections per day. Speaking on The Osasu Show, Amaechi said it is economically unwise to resume rail services now. We are not in a hurry to reopen the train services, I had a conversation with the chairman in charge of the technical committee on COVID-19 and I did say economically it is not wise. First, you have about 88 passengers per coach, and for you to run social distancing on…

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