Amaechi hails Jonathan’s government, says he met 80% project completed

 - The minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, commends the immediate past administration for embarking on massive projects that have been beneficial to Nigerians - Rotimi Amaechi says his ministry did not meet anything comatose on resumption of the current administration - Amaechi notes that the Muhammadu Buhari administration continued the projects of the previous administration after it realised the impact of the recession The minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has hailed the Goodluck Jonathan government for almost completing all the projects in his ministry. Speaking at an Abuja Town Hall meeting on Tuesday, May 16, Amaechi commended the immediate past administration for embarking on massive projects that have been beneficial to Nigerians.

"In the ministry of transportation, we did not meet anything comatose. We met an attempt to bring back our rail services," Amaechi said. "The Kaduna-Abuja railway which was nearly 80% completed which we commissioned and commercial services have commenced." The minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi says the Kaduna-Abuja railway was nearly 80% completed by the previous administration. Chuksbooks learnt that Amaechi noted that the Muhammadu Buhari administration continued the projects because "we realised the impact of the recession". Amaechi’s predecessor in the ministry of transportation is Senator Idris A.Umar, a 57-year old politician from Gombe state. 

 Meanwhile, the minister of agriculture Audu Ogbeh has raised an alarm that eight ships filled with low quality rice are being imported to Nigeria from Singapore. Ogbeh who raised the alarm at the mid-term town-hall meeting of the federal government in Abuja on Tuesday, May 16 said the ship are currently heading to Nigeria. The minister further warned that the federal government would not allow the importation of sub-standard rice or any other good into Nigeria anymore. He also referred to the successes of the Anchor Borrowers Programme in Kebbi state as a way for Nigerians to start eating and growing its own locally-produced rice.