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<\/p>\nAmaechi said that this when he fielded questions from reporters on the state of the nation.<\/p>\n
He said that the fact President Muhammadu Buhari was \u201ctrying to stop the chop I chop kind of politics has not been easy with politicians.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the former Rivers State Governor, \u201cAs much as I can, I am trying to avoid issues that would hurt people. The politics we are used to in Nigeria is what I would describe as \u2018Chop I Chop politics.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cSo they gang-up against the President in PDP because the free money is no longer there.<\/p>\n
\u201cHistory is the study of past events to discuss how to deal with the present and the future.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are not even blaming Goodluck or Obasanjo but we are stating the history. I was part of that administration lest you forget.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we are saying is that if the money that was kept in the savings was utilized for these infrastructures, why would President Buhari ask Rotimi Amaechi to go focus on Lagos to Ibadan rail line? So we are compelled to start afresh.<\/p>\n
\u201cMajority of infrastructures in Nigeria was built in General Yakubu Gowon\u2019s regime, a bit of it was built by Obasanjo and the 3rd mainland bridge was built by General Babangida.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo tell me what else we have done as a country? Port Harcourt -Enugu road bad, Lagos \u2013 Kano road bad, Ibadan \u2013 Lagos road bad.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo assuming the blame game they accused us of is true, we are not blaming and not working.<\/p>\n
\u201cI drove on Lagos \u2013 Ibadan road to Abeokuta, we are completing it. By the time we finish Lagos \u2013 Ibadan railway to Abeokuta,<\/p>\n
\u201cit will become an alternative route because the number of people that died on that road is unimaginable.\u201d\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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