Monarch asks Buhari to watch Amaechi closely

Mackson Oromoni, the AMA-OKOSU of Ogbe-Ijoh Warri Kingdom, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to pay close attention to Rotimi Amaechi, the minister of transportation.

Reacting to Amaechi’s recent utterances over the maritime university project proposed by the Nigerian Maritime Safety Agency (NIMASA), Oromoni alleged that the minister was attempting to create problems in the country.

He said the establishment of a university in Okerenkoko community in Warri South-West local government, would bring development to the area.

The traditional ruler said rather than scrap the university as suggested by Amaechi, the federal government should investigate allegations of corruption levelled by the minister.

During his appearance before the senate committee on Tuesday, Amaechi described the project as a waste of money, a statement that the monarch disagreed with.

“Amaechi’s statement is not encouraging. He’s trying to create problem in this country. President Buhari must watch him very well,” Oromoni told journalists on Wednesday.

“There is no reason for the federal government to scrap the school. Assuming President Buhari set up a university in the north and his tenure elapsed, does that warrant scrapping the institution?

“Amaechi, who is saying no one will go there to school, is Port-Harcourt safer than Delta State? Are there no security problems where the minister comes from? Security wise, Port is more porous than Delta. With all the security problems in Port Harcourt, has it stopped people from schooling there?

“We are not asking Amaechi to send his children there to school, but there are parents who are very much interested to send their children there to school.

“Scrapping the school will not help the current under development of the Niger Delta region. The Maritime University at Okerenkoko is synonymous with peace and development of the region. Our children will go there to school.

“We say the region is not developed and someone brought school to develop the area, now they are saying should be scrapped? That’s unacceptable to our people! If there is a school in the riverine area, those who cannot go to the far north will come here to school. I appeal to Mr President to continue with the school because it is a good initiative.”