The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Thursday, finally humbled former President, Goodluck Jonathan’s ego, by accusing the former President of wasting N34 billion on the dredging of River Niger.

Amaechi said this at a Conference on Fast-Tracking Port Reforms, hosted by The Nation newspaper, in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Transportation, in Lagos.

While speaking, Amaechi said: “When the River Niger was first approved for dredging by the previous administration, it was approved for N47 billion, and N34 billion was paid to the contractor. Dancers were called in and there was a party.

“We are not dredging the River Niger with billions of naira; we are dredging the River Niger with just N100 million. When we flagged it off recently, did you see us dancing? Was there a party? I just went to see the Governor, and told him that the project will start today, and will be finished in one month.

“The Governor said he will accompany me, and I said ‘ok’. So, I asked the Governor to flag it off, since it’s located in his State.”

Commenting on concerns raised in certain quarters on how the government plans to execute the dredging exercise with N100 million as against the N47 billion earmarked for same by Jonathan’s government, the former Rivers State governor said the government would not employ the services of private dredgers.

“People are wondering how on earth we are going to dredge the River Niger for N100m, when the previous government awarded same contract for N47 billion?”, he said.

“But we are going to dredge the River Niger, using dredgers owned by the National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA. NIWA has dredgers, but the previous government preferred to give contractors money to dredge the river with private dredgers while NIWA’s dredgers were lying idle somewhere in Port Harcourt.

“The NIWA MD told me the agency has dredgers, but it’s been hired out to somebody in Port Harcourt. So, we had dredgers, but the previous administration hired them out to some persons in Port Harcourt while paying a contractor billions of naira to use privately owned dredgers at a very high cost.

“I told the NIWA MD that I will look for money to fuel their dredgers, and work has started. That is why we are dredging the River Niger with just N100 million,” Mr. Amaechi said

http://www.post-nigeria.com/unforgettable-massive-jubilation-aso-rock-amaechi-finally-humbles-jonathan-drags-gutters/

Cc: Lalasticlala

see mumu, if this news is true your claim cannot also be true go check your record it was our then sick President yaradua that was dredging not goodluck , good luck was only busy with realistic things like building railway etc

Oga finish dredging first before talking. Government of "we will"

If This News Is True, Then This Is Serious

Na una sabi. God is on d throne

Gej , over to you forgot.

Gej , over to you .

So when Gej started acting as president what stops hI'm from revoking the contract ?
Yar Adua flagged it off and paid N34b but up till now nothing was done . Gej spent 6 years and he didn't see anything wrong with that .

Amaechi Amaechi how many times did I called you.


can any good thing come out from you?......

lies+propaganda+deceit = APC

Dredging river Niger? What about the 2nd Niger bridge?

Fogman:
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Thursday, finally humbled former President, Goodluck Jonathan’s ego, by accusing the former President of wasting N34 billion on the dredging of River Niger.

Amaechi said this at a Conference on Fast-Tracking Port Reforms, hosted by The Nation newspaper, in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Transportation, in Lagos.

While speaking, Amaechi said: “When the River Niger was first approved for dredging by the previous administration, it was approved for N47 billion, and N34 billion was paid to the contractor. Dancers were called in and there was a party.

“We are not dredging the River Niger with billions of naira; we are dredging the River Niger with just N100 million. When we flagged it off recently, did you see us dancing? Was there a party? I just went to see the Governor, and told him that the project will start today, and will be finished in one month.

“The Governor said he will accompany me, and I said ‘ok’. So, I asked the Governor to flag it off, since it’s located in his State.”

Commenting on concerns raised in certain quarters on how the government plans to execute the dredging exercise with N100 million as against the N47 billion earmarked for same by Jonathan’s government, the former Rivers State governor said the government would not employ the services of private dredgers.

“People are wondering how on earth we are going to dredge the River Niger for N100m, when the previous government awarded same contract for N47 billion?”, he said.

“But we are going to dredge the River Niger, using dredgers owned by the National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA. NIWA has dredgers, but the previous government preferred to give contractors money to dredge the river with private dredgers while NIWA’s dredgers were lying idle somewhere in Port Harcourt.

“The NIWA MD told me the agency has dredgers, but it’s been hired out to somebody in Port Harcourt. So, we had dredgers, but the previous administration hired them out to some persons in Port Harcourt while paying a contractor billions of naira to use privately owned dredgers at a very high cost.

“I told the NIWA MD that I will look for money to fuel their dredgers, and work has started. That is why we are dredging the River Niger with just N100 million,” Mr. Amaechi said

http://www.post-nigeria.com/unforgettable-massive-jubilation-aso-rock-amaechi-finally-humbles-jonathan-drags-gutters/

Cc: Lalasticlala

All this are white Elephant project. An avenue to syphon public fund.

Fogman:
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Thursday, finally humbled former President, Goodluck Jonathan’s ego, by accusing the former President of wasting N34 billion on the dredging of River Niger.

Amaechi said this at a Conference on Fast-Tracking Port Reforms, hosted by The Nation newspaper, in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Transportation, in Lagos.

While speaking, Amaechi said: “When the River Niger was first approved for dredging by the previous administration, it was approved for N47 billion, and N34 billion was paid to the contractor. Dancers were called in and there was a party.

“We are not dredging the River Niger with billions of naira; we are dredging the River Niger with just N100 million. When we flagged it off recently, did you see us dancing? Was there a party? I just went to see the Governor, and told him that the project will start today, and will be finished in one month.

“The Governor said he will accompany me, and I said ‘ok’. So, I asked the Governor to flag it off, since it’s located in his State.”

Commenting on concerns raised in certain quarters on how the government plans to execute the dredging exercise with N100 million as against the N47 billion earmarked for same by Jonathan’s government, the former Rivers State governor said the government would not employ the services of private dredgers.

“People are wondering how on earth we are going to dredge the River Niger for N100m, when the previous government awarded same contract for N47 billion?”, he said.

“But we are going to dredge the River Niger, using dredgers owned by the National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA. NIWA has dredgers, but the previous government preferred to give contractors money to dredge the river with private dredgers while NIWA’s dredgers were lying idle somewhere in Port Harcourt.

“The NIWA MD told me the agency has dredgers, but it’s been hired out to somebody in Port Harcourt. So, we had dredgers, but the previous administration hired them out to some persons in Port Harcourt while paying a contractor billions of naira to use privately owned dredgers at a very high cost.

“I told the NIWA MD that I will look for money to fuel their dredgers, and work has started. That is why we are dredging the River Niger with just N100 million,” Mr. Amaechi said

http://www.post-nigeria.com/unforgettable-massive-jubilation-aso-rock-amaechi-finally-humbles-jonathan-drags-gutters/

Cc: Lalasticlala

All this are white Elephant project. An avenue to syphon public fund..

government of hate and propaganda.

Ok

100m vs 34b!

It's impossible until it's done.

Ordinary keke dredger that I installed in river Ethiope to make money even cost me almost 50M and this idiot want to dredge a river that cut across many states for 100M..madness at its peak..

ekoonibaje4life:
Oga finish dredging first before talking. Government of "we will"

He hasn't even done it yet is making all this noise. When exactly will these guys start to work? Smh

It was Fashola a few days ago saying government to employ 47,000. Now this is Amaechi to dredge River Niger.

Are these guys allergic to words like "have done" "completed" etc?

Wonders no go end.
Dem use N500 million cut grass.
To dredge river na only N100 million.

Abi na gutter dem wan dredge

Oh Saint Amaechi, Where Have You Been Since 1960?

Please who was Minister of Transport during Jonathan's adminstration?

dredge river Niger with 100 million

Why not reduce it to 20 million

useless propaganda to discredit a just man

Amaechi is a thief

lol he go use 100 million drain nkisi river not river Niger

why not 100 thousands

I agree with this comment:


Technocrats are way much better than career politicians when it comes to govt appointments.

Buhari flooding his cabinet with 98% career politicians was the first major sign his govt would be a woefully failure

All that most Nigerian career politicians appointees do in office is play politics with everything, tell Lies, lies and more lies, sponsor propaganda and blackmail opposition. WHY WOULD THE COUNTRY NOT BE IN RECESSION?

We

ekoonibaje4life:
Oga finish dredging first before talking. Government of "we will"

nairalanders no go kill me. Govt of "we will" not "we have"

Some people will support the thieving hero...

useless government 100 million indeed

kropotokin33:
dredge river Niger with 100 million

Why not reduce it to 20 million

useless propaganda to discredit a just man

Amaechi is a thief

He is just lying.

Big lie..

EVEN you and I know that 100m will not even start the work

Except if he just want to dredge a point not more than 1² metre

Some one should remind me.. How much do our politicians use in sinking borehole again??