Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, a former
Minister of Transport, has said that what is being played in Nigeria is ‘Chop I
Chop’ politics.
Amaechi stated this when he
fielded questions from reporters on the state of the nation.
He said that the fact President
Muhammadu Buhari was “trying to stop the chop I chop kind of politics has not
been easy with politicians.”
According to the former Rivers
State Governor, “As much as I can, I am trying to avoid issues that would hurt
people. The politics we are used to in Nigeria is what I would describe as
‘Chop I Chop politics.’
“So they gang-up against the
President in PDP because the free money is no longer there.
“History is the study of past
events to discuss how to deal with the present and the future.
“We are not even blaming Goodluck
or Obasanjo but we are stating the history. I was part of that administration
lest you forget.
“What we are saying is that if
the money that was kept in the savings was utilized for these infrastructures,
why would President Buhari ask Rotimi Amaechi to go focus on Lagos to Ibadan
rail line? So we are compelled to start afresh.
“Majority of infrastructures in
Nigeria was built in General Yakubu Gowon’s regime, a bit of it was built by
Obasanjo and the 3rd mainland bridge was built by General Babangida.
“So tell me what else we have
done as a country? Port Harcourt -Enugu road bad, Lagos – Kano road bad, Ibadan
– Lagos road bad.
“So assuming the blame game they
accused us of is true, we are not blaming and not working.
“I drove on Lagos – Ibadan road
to Abeokuta, we are completing it. By the time we finish Lagos – Ibadan railway
to Abeokuta,
“it will become an alternative
route because the number of people that died on that road is unimaginable.”
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