I Sited The Transport University In Daura With No Intention To Gain From It ― Rotimi Amaechi

Posted by: Folamidavid in News, Politics Dec 2, 2019

Minister for Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has come out to say that he does not regret siting the Transportation University in Daura, Katsina.

He disclosed this at the groundbreaking of the university on Monday.

According to him, the decision was not made for him to make any gain and he only did it with the thought of maintaining the infrastructure he will be building, since education is very important.

He thanked CCECC and the Chinese government for making the dream come true.

His words, “When we sited the factory at Kajola, there was no noise, nobody debated about it, nobody abused us for it unlike the site for the university.

“Daura is in Nigeria, it is not in any other part of the world. It is not in the Niger Republic, Biafra or Mali, it is in Nigeria. So, what is wrong in siting the University of Transportation in Daura?

“I have no regret siting this university where I have sited it. It is not because I want to get any gain.”

”It is my attempt at responding to the question of how to maintain and manage all the infrastructure we are building and realised that education is key.

“I engaged the companies, the first engagement was when they were constructing Lagos-Ibadan.

“They were not so keen at spending their funds to build a university for Nigeria until I refused to sign the contract for the Lagos – Ibadan railway.

“I insisted that I will only sign if three things were done. “The first thing is to take our children to China and train them by giving them a first degree in railway technology. “Today as I speak, 60 of our children are in their second year and we thank CCECC and 90 are on their way to China this week, making it 150.

“The second is that, if we must sign the purchase of locomotives in China, they must build a factory where we can construct for coaches, locomotives and wagon and today at Kajola that factory is being constructed.

”Finally, I insisted on the University of Transportation and today we are here for the groundbreaking of the university and for all we are grateful to CCECC and the Chinese government.”