…Claims he is one of few honest Nigerians Nigeria’s minister for transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has stated that he does not like money, hence, he is not corrupt. Amaechi made the claims in an interview on Channels TV, where he said he is one of the “very few” honest Nigerians. Amaechi asked: “Is my honesty in […]
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The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Friday flagged off the dredging of the River Niger from Ajaokuta to Onitsha. The minister said that the maintenance dredging would enable the country reap the benefit of the N36 billion investment in the project. He said that the dredging, apart from enhancing economic activities in the host […]
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David Iyofor, media aide of Rotimi Amaechi, minster of transportation, got involved in a Twitter tirade with Lere Olayinka, spokesman of Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, over the money recovered by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in lkoyi, Lagos. The EFCC released pictures and video of the money, saying it […]
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Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, has told governors not to ban motorcycles and tricycles because doing so “would affect the nation’s economy negatively”. Speaking on Tuesday in Abuja during the celebration of the national day of Amalgamated Commercial Tricycle and Motorcycle Owners, Repairers and Riders Association of Nigeria (ACOMORAN), Amaechi said a lot of Nigerians […]
Continue ReadingSpeaking at a town hall meeting in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital on Monday, Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, posited that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari did not promise to solve the country’s problems in one year, he adviced Nigerians to wait till 2019 before assessing the government. “We did not promise you that […]
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The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said the Federal Government has awarded contract for the dredging of the critical part of River Benue. Mr. Amaechi, who disclosed this at the 2017 budget defence before members of the Senate Committee on Marine Transport on Thursday in Abuja, said that work will soon commence. He said […]
Continue ReadingThe All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has given Justice Inyang Okoro of the Supreme Court one week to withdraw the bribery allegation he made against Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, or be ready to go to jail for contravening the Corrupt Practices And Other Related Offence Act 2000. The demand […]
Continue ReadingThe Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has given an assurance that the Calabar-Port Harcourt Coastal rail line and the Lagos-Kano rail modernisation project would be completed before the end of 2018. Amaechi said this on Wednesday in Abuja while signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the project with a Chinese company, China Civil […]
Continue ReadingThe entire workers’ unions in the Nigerian Aviation industry on Tuesday morningembarked on a peaceful rally to protest the planned concession of the four major airports in the country to private investors by the Federal Government. During the protest, members of the different aviation unions, carried with placards with inscriptions signifying their opposition to the […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) on the construction of Warri-Ajaokuta-Itakpe-Baro-Abuja railway line. The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, signed the agreement on behalf of the Federal Government while Chen Xiao Xing, Vice President of CRCC, signed for the company in Abuja. Amaechi […]
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