The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has pledged to
complete all ongoing rail projects around the country and extend rail
lines to all parts of the country.
Mr. Amaechi made the pledge during his first day in office as
minister shortly after his inauguration by President Muhammadu Buhari in
Abuja on Wednesday.
He said he would resume work fully on Nov. 17 when the new Permanent
Secretary, Sabiu Zakari, would equally assume duty at the ministry.
The minister said his meeting with the Permanent Secretary and the
Directors on November 17 would begin by looking at the budget and its
level of implementation.
He said the meeting would be necessary to chart a new course toward
completing all ongoing projects, especially the rail and extending it to
different part of the country.
Mr. Amaechi, however, called for cooperation from all parastatals and agencies of the ministry and the aviation sector.
He promised to ensure a smooth working relationship with the Minister
of State for Aviation for the development of the sector as well as
meeting the expectations of Nigerians.
The minister also urged the staff to always play by rule.
“I belief in principles of discharging my duties”, he said.
“We are interested in completing all ongoing rail projects around the country because we don’t want to disappoint Nigerians.
“It is important that we realise that we have a mandate to deliver on
our promises and there is competition among the ministers to deliver
and we don’t want to take last”.
In his speech, the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said
it was an era of new thinking for the actualisation of the change agenda
of the Federal Government.
Mr. Sirika added that the era of talking tough without acting was over, stressing that whatever was said was what would be done.
He assured that the Buhari administration would deliver on its
promises, adding that the government was aware of the high hope and
expectation of Nigerian.
Mr. Sirika pledged to ensure a harmonious working relationship with
the Minister of Transportation to achieved results in the implementation
of policies and programmes.
Also, the Permanent Secretary, who was also appointed by the
president on Tuesday, expressed optimism that the new ministers would
deliver on the visions and missions of the change agenda of the
government.
Mr. Zakari pledged to give maximum cooperation to the new ministers to assist them in the discharge of their duties effectively.
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