Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has reacted to the calls for restructuring which was recently reignited by the Governors in the South-South region he comes from.
The former Governor of
Rivers state who spoke in an interview on Channels Television stated that while
the calls for restructuring of the country may not be bad, however tackling
hunger and poverty is more critical to the federal government.
Amaechi said;
“If to you what is
important is restructuring, I don’t see anything wrong with restructuring but I
am saying it is not the most critical problem we have.
“The most critical
problem we have is that hunger and poverty are breeding insecurity.
“If you are able to
create employment, you create security. If you like hire as many men as you
want to hire that are policemen, you would do nothing until you put food in the
hands of people.
“When you do not
create a legitimate economy, the people will create for themselves an
illegitimate economy and be able to feed themselves.”
Admitting that many
farmers are unable to go to their farms in some parts of the country, the APC
chieftain said Nigeria is facing a kind of insecurity unlike what was
obtainable in the past.
Amaechi added;
“We are facing a
different kind of insecurity.
“When we were in power
as governors, the problem we were facing was Boko Haram. Not is it much more than
Boko Haram. We need to address those issues.”
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