The Minister of Transport, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, has called on
Nigerians not to give one vote to the opposition Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections.
Speaking during the
inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s reelection campaign
organisation on Monday in Abuja, Amaechi, who doubles as the
Director-General of the council, vowed that the opposition party will
not have peace.
He added that the APC will campaign for the presidential seat based on issues rather than on personality attacks.
Amaechi’s
loyalty to President Buhari is in doubt after an audio recording was
released by the opposition PDP in which he was saying Nigerians were
hungry and poverty has been growing under Buhari’s government..
However, the minister assured Nigerians that the President’s next four years will be different from the 16 years of the PDP.
“I
was in the PDP, the slogan was ‘Share the money.’ But here we are not
sharing money. And because we are not sharing money they are saying vote
buying. Because they ran election with government money, eating, buying
cars with government money and nobody cared.
“I appeal to
Nigerians; don’t give one vote to the PDP, they are hungry, they can’t
stand poverty, they can’t stand not touching government money. Where
money is given for prayers in Nigeria, I can pray in my church, nobody
is giving me money to go and pray.
“We are no longer stealing
money. PDP stole the money meant to feed Nigerians and until they return
it, they will not have peace.
“PDP has nothing to say to Nigerians. Our campaign is going to be issues based. We are determined to save Nigerians.
“The
President said he will fight corruption; that he is doing. We met a
tattered economy that if we did nothing, Nigeria would be at a mess. But
today the economy has been growing.
“In fixing the economy we
promised infrastructural development. When I took over as Minister of
Transportation, GE approached me and said we have approached different
governments for 11 years to allow us to take over the rail with our own
money but nobody agreed, this government agreed,” he said.
Amaechi
told the gathering that before March this year, his ministry will sign a
formal agreement of concession to a consortium that will take over
Nigeria’s entire narrow gauge rail line and run it.
On why
Nigerians should re-elect Mr. Buhari for second term, Mr. Amaechi said
the change promised by the APC cannot be completed in four years.
“Anybody
that says we can do so in four years must be a magician. What we are
pleading with Nigerians for is another four years to consolidate on what
we have started,” he said.
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