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Minister of transportation and minister of petroleum have argued over the
relocation of maritime university – Kachikwu accused Amaechi of sabotaging the
development of the Niger Delta region
Minister of Transport Rotimi Amaechi and Minister for
state for Petroleum Resources Ibe Kachikwu openly disagreed over the transfer
of the Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta state. The two politicians were
arguing at the Federal government town hall meeting in Uyo.
Why maritime university should not be Scrapped
– Aginighan Minister of transport said the university project was not possible.
Meanwhile, when Kachikwu mounted the podium he said: “I disagree with the
minister of transport. Any facility in the South-south, we should work towards
developing it, I don’t care the circumstance. It is not my business whether
land was valued at 19 or 10 million.” “That has nothing to do with development
of infrastructure. As far as I know, so much has already gone into that, so
much fiscal asset has been developed. We are not going to throw away the baby
and the bath water. “As far as it is about development in Niger Delta, I will
pursue it, if Amaechi continues to refuse it as Maritime University; I will
take it up as Petroleum University.” “On the issue of negotiations, again I
disagree with him. There’s no theatre in the world where conflicts are being
resolved through battle. It doesn’t matter who’s right, who’s wrong.”
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