By Eniola Akinkuotu
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has urged Nigerians to stop blaming the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for all the challenges witnessed in the country.
Amaechi, who is a former Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, said this on a Channels Television’s programme titled, ‘Hard Copy’, monitored by The PUNCH.
The minister argued that Buhari was being blamed for even things that didn’t concern him.
“The point is we all blame the government. Like the President would say, if tomorrow you are unable to get pregnant, you will blame Buhari,” he said.
When asked if the All Progressives Congress did not know about the challenges when it promised to deliver “change” to Nigeria, Amaechi said they didn’t know the magnitude of the rot.
On why the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had failed to turn the country around nearly seven years after it took office, Amaechi said they could not be perfect.
He argued that the Buhari regime had diversified the economy and halted the importation of rice.
Amaechi argued that insecurity could not be tackled without curbing poverty first.
When asked if security matters are discussed at the Federal Executive Council, he said, “We don’t discuss security matters at FEC.”
According to the minister, the money left behind for Nigeria by former President Goodluck Jonathan at the point of his departure on May 29, 2015 was not enough to run the affairs of the country for three weeks.
The former governor of Rivers State claimed that while he headed the governors’ forum…
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