We didn’t promise to fix Nigeria problems in one year- APC

The former Director General of the campaign organisation of president Mohammad Buhari during 2015 general election, Chief Rotimi Amaechi, who is the present minister of Transportation has said that Nigerians should wait till end of four year term of the present administration before they complain of its low level of performance, adding that the APC government did not promise to fix Nigeria’s problem within a year.

Speaking at the North Central edition of town hall meeting organized by ministry of Information in Ilorin on Monday, Chief Amaechi said though the federal government had heard the cries of Nigerians of harsh economic life, added that people had to wait till the end of the four years mandate given to the administration before they could judge whether the government had performed or not‎.

“We did not promise you that those challenges will be solved in one year, if we promise you that those challenges would be solved in one year it means it’s a one year mandate you gave us and not four years mandate  so wait till the end of four years before you can crucify us”, he said.

While giving stewardship of his ministry, the minister said the failure of the national assembly to approve the federal government’s borrowing plan for railway projects was holding the government back, urging the people from the zone to prevail on the National Assembly to approve the loan.

He said the loan, if accessed would enable the federal government to embark on the revitalisation of rail projects which would create more jobs for Nigerians.

Also speaking, information minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed cautioned Nigerians making statement that could cause religious disharmony warning that “no nation has ever survived religious war”.

Minister of information had earlier said the essence of the town hall meeting was to provide Nigerians the opportunity to interact with those in government and get feedback on what government was doing to provide good governance.

He cautioned those alleging the federal government of attempting to Islamise Nigeria and describing it as “the most dangerous state for Christians to live “as doing dis-service to Nigeria”.

He such statement coming from religious leaders and being reported in some sections local and international media were “false” and should be disregarded.

The minister said those peddling such provocative statements were doing so for their political motive but warned that they would also share in the consequence that might befall the nation due to such campaigns.