Tag: Amaechi

2023: Amaechi, Lawan, 19 other APC presidential aspirants to meet in Abuja over Tinubu

Aminu Imam

As part of efforts to rally support for the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general election, all the presidential aspirants of the ruling party are slated to meet in Abuja, next week. The meeting is coming barely three months after some of them went head-to-head at the primary for the presidential ticket of APC that eventually produced Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the party’s flagbearer. This development is coming ahead of next month’s commencement of campaigns for the next general elections and less than…

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N96bn Alleged Fraud: ‘Amaechi not qualified to run for president’ – Lawyer writes APC

Aminu Imam

A human rights lawyer, Kayode Ajulo, says the former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, is not eligible to contest for the 2023 presidential election. In an issued statement yesterday, Ajulo said section 137 (1)(i) of the 1999 Constitution prohibits Amaechi from running for office owing to the allegation of N96 billion fraud against him. Recall that Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, had set up a seven-man panel to probe Amaechi over the alleged withdrawal of N96 billion from the state’s treasury during his tenure as governor. The panel was said…

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Alleged Fraud: Wike says Amaechi, others may stand trial over sale of gas turbines

Aminu Imam

Barring last minutes change of mind, the former Rivers State governor and former minister of transport, Rotimi Amaechi and Mr. Tonye Cole, founder of Sahara Energy Ltd, and others may face trial over alleged fraudulent sales of four gas turbines, other valued state assets and diversion of state funds worth N96 billion. Recall that not too long ago, the Supreme Court dismissed the former minister’s appeal to stop an investigation into the activities of his administration as governor of Rivers State. Speaking on the apex court’s decision, Nyesom Wike, governor…

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2023: ‘You are being deceptive about Baro Port project’ – Niger APC chieftain blasts Amaechi

Aminu Imam

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), in Niger State, Jonathan Vatsa has accused former Minister of Transport and Presidential aspirant, Rotimi Amaechi, of being deceptive on the Baro Port project in the State. Vatsa told newsmen, in Minna, that the guilt and sins of Baro Port are chasing Amaechi, which is why he sneaked into Niger State to meet with delegates in the night. The chieftain said if people had known of his coming into Niger State to campaign, a protest would have been organised against him for…

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2023 Presidency: Ganduje refuses to endorse Amaechi

Aminu Imam

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has refused to endorse former Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, for the 2023 Presidency. Amaechi, who pulled out of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet to pursue his presidential ambition, visited Kano on Wednesday as part of his consultations ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s presidential primary. At the meeting, with other APC stakeholders present, Ganduje said Kano as a ‘swing State, will continue to swing’. He added that Amaechi would know where the State eventually swung to at the right time. Amaechi had told the governor…

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2023: How APC guideline puts Amaechi, Ngige, Malami, others in tight corner

Aminu Imam

There are speculations that the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) may disqualify the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige; Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi and the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, from contesting in the party’s presidential primaries slated for May 30 and June 1, 2022. The three ministers who are running for the presidency on the platform of the party are yet to comply with the provisions of the party’s new guidelines for the nomination of candidates for the 2023 general elections by resigning…

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2023: ‘Tinubu, Amaechi, Osinbajo, Jonathan, others on wild goose chase’ – Adebanjo

Aminu Imam

Leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, has said the North was not interested in ceding power to any of the geo-political zones in the southern part of the country in the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). The elder statesman made the claim yesterday, at the forum of the Greater Nigeria Conference, (GNC), organised by leaders and friends of the South-East geo-political zone. The venue was the International Conference Centre, Abuja. Chieftains of the APC who have formally signified interest in the party presidential ticket include Asiwaju…

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“Grant full financial waivers for women contesting for positions”, Amaechi urges political parties

Aminu Imam

Political parties have been urged to grant full financial waivers to women contesting for political positions in 2023. The wife of the Minister for Transportation, Judith Amaechi, who made the appeal yesterday, identified finance as a major challenge facing the participation of women in Nigerian politics. According to a statement issued by her media aide, Dike Bekwele, the former First Lady of Rivers State, spoke at a two-day APC Progressives Women Conference, which was held on Tuesday, in Abuja. She called on political parties to, as a matter of policy,…

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Transport Minister proposes N205bn capital budget for 2021

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has proposed N205 billion as capital budget for 2021 to enable the ministry make significant progress on all its ongoing projects. Amaechi made this known in a statement during his presentation before the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on Land and Marine Transport in Abuja. He said that out of the N205 billion, land transport had about N204 million, marine transport had N845 million with an overhead cost of about N358 million for the year 2021. “The total capital appropriation of the ministry for…

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Port Harcourt – Maiduguri narrow gauge railway reconstruction to begin 2021

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The reconstruction and rehabilitation of Port Harcourt – Maiduguri; Eastern narrow gauge railway, is to start in 2021, says Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi. He said this during the 2021 budget defence of the ministry’s estimates before the Joint Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives held in Abuja on Friday. Amaechi said that the rehabilitation of the gauge was part of priority projects of the Federal Government to achieve intermodal transportation to enhance economic growth. He also mentioned the construction of the central railway from Itakpe to Abuja and…

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