Poverty Doesn't Happen in One Day, Buhari Has Added Value To Nigeria" - AMAECHI

Rt Hon Rotimi Amaechi; Transport Minister.

Minister of Transportation, Rt Hon Chibike Rotimi Amaechi has stated that value has been added to the lives of Nigerians by the Buhari-led administration.

Reiterating that the infrastructural projects embarked upon by the current administration has rubbed off positively on people in different ways in an interview with Daily Trust, the Minister maintained that most of the problems people are blaming this government for predates it.

Amaechi added that even if Buhari has done nothing since he was elected, he has increased the value of lands in villages as people are now competing in the purchase of lands following the construction of railways and roads.

He said;

“They blame us for insecurity, but they must not forget that the reason there is insecurity is that the economy does not empower Nigerians. As a governor, I would say that if a government can’t produce a legitimate economy, Nigerians will produce for themselves an illegitimate economy. People are poor.”

“I ask people if they honestly believe the President Buhari government brought poverty. It does not happen one day; it is a gradual process that cumulatively climaxed in our government.

“If anybody thinks he can solve it in a day, the person is joking. The next government will not solve it in their eight years. What people expected was for us to bring out the money to share, which was the norm before, but Buhari said “no, it is not sustainable.”

“If we had a productive economy, the man is certainly sure that empowerment is far important than living on money given as a gift. That money will not sustain the person for a month, and when it finishes, the person will come back to the streets to beg again.

“All the areas we are constructing railways, people are competing in the purchase of land because the value of land has increased. If Buhari has done nothing, he has improved the value of land in your village; the same with roads.”