From Mustapha Adamu, Kano
Ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential primaries, former Minister of Transportation, Rt.Hon. Chibuike Amaechi has appealed to Kano State delegates to vote for him considering the numerous achievements he attracted to the state during his time as minister.
Amaechi said, his commitment to providing employment through infrastructural development for the people of Kano made him to cite the biggest railway project in the state, adding that if elected he would focus on more developmental projects in the area.
The former minister spoke when he met with delegates of the APC in the state on Wednesday.
Amaechi said, “ I speak to your conscience, let us see how your conscience will prick you on the day of voting , so that you look at your God , look at your ballot paper and vote for your conscience. I was here in Kano as a governor of Rivers State when I got information that they were after my life , they refused to allow me fly out of Kano. I had to take my destiny in my hands and start praying to God, and I drove from here to Abuja by 1 A.M to stay alive. The reason why they wanted me dead was because I was supporting Muhammadu Buhari for President.”
“When President Buhari appointed me minister, the first railway project I thought was important was the Lagos to Kano. I had started working on the Kano -Kaduna railway before I resigned. I had visited Kano more than three times inspecting that railway project and presently we have achieved between eighty to one hundred kilometers of rail line already even though we have not placed the track, we have done the foundation. Your Governor told you about Dala Inland Dry Port. Dala Inland Dry Port had been in the ministry of Transportation for twenty years. I could have declined approval of the project but I knew that the economy of Kano people is large and I needed to create employment for Kano people.
“So, I immediately approved the project, and I tasked the contractor that I want to commission it. I could have commissioned it before I left the ministry but I wanted the President to commission it. Before I resigned we had gone for final inspection and we were ready to commission.”
