Minister of Transport, Rotimi
Amaechi, has said that corruption will return to the country “automatically” if
Nigerians vote out President Buhari in 2019.
Amaechi said this to journalists
on Thursday at his office, according to PremiumTimes. “Let me tell you, if we
don’t win, corruption will come back automatically,” he said. “Nobody will beg
it.”
He said members of PDP have been
“hungry” for four years because they are out of power. “They have been out for
four years and they have never been out of government before; PDP never left
government, so now they are hungry.
Not hungry for power, in fact if
you tell them that I want to keep power and I will give you money, they will
say take power and give us the money,” he said.
He said reelecting Mr. Buhari
will however not be an easy task because of the perception of Nigerians that
the president had failed to meet the high expectations of Nigerians that led to
his election in 2019.
“It was not easy last time but it
will be more difficult now. Why it would be difficult, more difficult?
Expectations were too high, and a lot of people felt that we did not meet those
expectation but they are not looking at what it takes to meet those
expectation,” he said.
He also admitted that there is
corruption in the present government but however said it cannot be compared to
what obtained during the past administration of Goodluck Jonathan.
“I will nearly be a foolish man to say that
there is no corruption in this government, but compare the magnitude if there
is any,” he said. “Before it was with impunity. Now there are consequences for
stealing.
“For any reason we lose election, you the
young ones are taking yourselves and Nigeria 10 steps backwards because the
elites who left through PDP are waiting in the wind.”
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