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Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has hinted that the lack of transparency in the administration of Governor Nyesom Wike has hindered the execution of a water project for Rivers State worth $200 million.
Amaechi, dropped the hint while speaking as a guest lecturer at the 46th University of Port Harcourt Founders Day Celebration on; ‘The Role of Transportation in Nation Building’ at Ebitimi Banigo Hall, UNIPORT.
The Minister said as Governor of Rivers State, he had secured the counterpart funding of the $200 million water project for the state.
He claimed that the multi-billion naira water project which was meant to be executed with contributory funds from the World Bank, the Federal Government and the Rivers State government has stalled because the Wike-led administration sought to manage the entire $200 million.
New rail, port development will increase GDP contribution by seven per cent ― FG New rail, port development will increase GDP contribution by seven per cent ― FG
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The Minister of Transportation, Rt Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has revealed that the new rails and deep seaports being developed by the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration across the country will improve transport GDP contribution from 3 per cent to 10 per cent.
The minister said this, on Monday, while delivering the Founders’ day lecture titled: ‘The role of Transportation in nation-building.’ at his alma mater, the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Amaechi said transportation is about logistics. The duty of transportation is to contribute to the different spheres of economic development. Its absence will cripple an economy and dwarf human and economic development.
Kano-Maradi rail contractor to build varsity in Rivers –Amaechi
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Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Monday, announced that the contractor in charge of the construction of the Kano-Maradi rail line would build a university in his home state in Rivers.
Amaechi, who was a two-term governor of the South-South state, said the company would build the university as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility to Nigeria.
“We already have a Transportation University being built in Daura. So, we have decided that the Portugese Company in charge of Kano-Maradi rail line, Mota Engil will build a Multi-disciplinary University in Rivers State as a major component of their Corporate Social Responsibility,” the minister tweeted on Monday.
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