• Minister reveals role Tambuwal, Wamakko played
The plots that cost Dr. Goodluck Jonathan the 2015
presidential election were mainly planned, hatched and perfected in Sokoto, the
seat of the Caliphate.
This revelation was made by Minister of Transportation,
Rotimi Amaechi, when he paid a courtesy visit on Governor Aminu Tambuwal, at
the Government House.
He said Nigeria would have been worse off economically if
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had won the presidential election.
The former governor of Rivers who was in Sokoto to present a
keynote address at the 15th National Council on Transportation said: “I have
been to Sokoto severally, especially in 2015 during our struggle to change
Nigeria. Sokoto played a very critical role in that struggle. The then
governor, Aliyu Wamakko and then Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu
Tambuwal, worked together and closely with us to ensure we achieved our
objective.
“The two of them moved with us to the APC; they were equally
part of the new Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). I recall my conversations with
Tambuwal when we moved to APC. I had told him that we had moved and he asked
whether I was the only one. I told him that I moved with the governors, but he
inquired if his governor, Wamakko, equally moved with us. I told him we will
issue a statement concerning his governor. As God will have it, the governor
himself issued a statement declaring that he was solidly in support of the
movement to the APC.
“This meeting today reminds me of all that struggle and our
meetings in Sokoto, especially with Wamakko and Tambuwal to strategise for the
2015 presidential election. I must thank him and other Nigerians for that
support because the desired change would not have come if they did not come
together to support and work for the APC to ensure the emergence of President
Buhari.
“The truth of the matter is that as Nigerians, we knew it
would have been difficult for Nigeria if PDP had won that presidential
election. All of us were scared of what would happen to Nigeria and that was
why we decided that the only way to stop what will happen is to ensure that PDP
did not win and to God’s glory and our prayers, APC won.
“When I said things would have been difficult, I was talking
about the economy. As at that time, if you remember, fuel queues had returned,
poverty was coming back, the money stolen was too much that there was no money
in the hands of Nigerians, and there was need and desire for a change, and
effective change that will safe resources for Nigerians.”
He commended the state government for hosting the 15th
National Council on Transportation, saying, the conference will provide avenue
to participants to brainstorm on issues and proffer solutions.
He also commended the Sokoto government for completing
Sultan Abubakar International Airport and assured that the ministry would
complement Tambuwal’s efforts to enhance economic activities in the state
noting that transportation served as bedrock of facilitation economy.
“We are in Sokoto to discuss transport policy, the modality
in transportation and how to take transportation to the next level. I know that
what will interest you is what will happen to your state in terms of railway.
The railway line connecting Kebbi, Zamfara and Sokoto is in the pipeline.
“Once we conclude the technical aspect, we will take it to
the president for approval. Once we conclude works on these states, the 36
states mandate, which the president gave us, would have been concluded. I was
pleased to see that the airport has been completed.
“There are only three of us that were Speakers that governed
a state. It is you (Tambuwal), the governor of Plateau State and myself. We
must ensure that we did not disappoint the people. The reason is that the
experience we gathered in the legislature is enough to govern a state. I am
sure that you are going the way they expect you to go and I wish you the very
best,” he said.
Tambuwal, who expressed his government’s commitment to
cooperate with Federal Government to ensure success of projects and programmes
geared toward uplifting people lives to better, urged transport ministry to
install more scanners at the Sultan Abubakar International Airport Sokoto to
ensure increase safety and screenings.
-Sun
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