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Igbos Benefited Nothing From Jonathan – Amaechi

Farouk Mohammed
By Farouk Mohammed
Published: June 14, 2017
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The Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi has stated that Igbos benefited nothing from former President Goodluck Jonathan.

This, he said, is despite supporting him massively him during the 2011 presidential election.

Amaechi, who stated this at a forum in Lagos, added that those who served under Jonathan from the South-east region should be ashamed of themselves because “they were seeing the president five times in a day” but could not get key roads constructed.

“The Igbos gave Jonathan support, what did he do? Of course! Nothing!

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“President Jonathan went to Onitsha and danced and promised to construct Onitsha bridge. Right? After that nothing happened.

“Now we are fixing the bridge without making promise. Or did we promise to construct Onitsha bridge? I didn’t hear him (President Buhari) say he would construct Onitsha bridge during the campaign, except someone spoke on his behalf.”
Relevance of a politician

While talking about the construction of the second River Niger Bridge, the minister said the relevance of a politician is not determined by how much he has in his pocket but by how much development he is able to bring.

“The Port Harcourt-Owerri road was terrible. One day, I made the mistake as governor to try to go to Owerri and I passed through Aba.

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“I wept. Now we are constructing that road. It may not be at the speed that you want but we are constructing the road. The next road I mentioned is the Enugu-Onitsha.

“We are doing Port Harcourt-Enugu, the most important road to the Igbo. The next most important road to the Igbo is Enugu to Onitsha, and he (Buhari) is doing it again. So who is better?

“The last man you people were dancing with at Onitsha bridge that promised you people that ‘Azikiwe commissioned this bridge and the second Azikiwe commissioned it again’ never put a stone.

“But the man who doesn’t talk at all; who didn’t make promise and he is doing it, which one do you prefer? Don’t be deceived by those who depended on government alone for survival,” he stated.

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