Eastern railway controversy: ‘You can’t be more Igbo than I’ – Amaechi dares Abaribe
representing Abia South senatorial district, Enyinnaya Abaribe, saying
that the lawmaker "was not more of Igbo than himself".
Apparently angered over his frequent invitation to appear before the
Joint Senate Committee on Land Transport and Local and Foreign Debts
on Tuesday, the angry minister said: "I have been hearing what Senator
Abaribe has been saying over the eastern railway about me.
"Abaribe can't be more Igbo than I. Most Igbo people cannot interpret
Abaribe, but most Igbo understand and can interpret Amaechi."
Immediately, Senator Obinna Ogba, a member of the committee, demanded
that the minister retracts the statement, saying it was insulting to
the Senate.
Ogba said the Senate least expected such uncomplimentary statement
from the minister. After persuasion from some members of the
committee, the minister withdrew the statement.
On the circumstances surrounding the eastern railway arrangement with
General Electric, the minister explained that the company – General
Electric – has folded.
He further revealed that the federal government has engaged Transnet
Construction Company on a private public partnership arrangements.
"The Federal government's eastern railway development arranged with
the General Electric collapsed because the comp has folded, but it is
not within me to explain what led to that.
"We have engaged another Chinese subsidiary firm, Transnet
Construction Company on PPP arrangement," the minister disclosed.
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