Nigeria’s transportation minister, Rotimi Amaechi, has said he did not join politics because he wanted to ‘solve Nigeria’s problems.’

Mr Amaechi, who has held political office since the return to civil rule in 1999, said unemployment, one of the age-long challenges of Nigeria, pushed him into politics rather than the zeal to serve.

“I didn’t join politics because I wanted to be a leader or because I wanted to solve Nigeria’s problems. I joined because of unemployment. I also believe there is a part that grace played in it,” the Punch quoted the minister as saying in an interview.

Mr Amaechi, a graduate of English Studies and Literature from the University of Port Harcourt, had his first major political break in 1999 when he was elected as a member and then speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He was re-elected to the position in 2003.

In 2007, he contested and won the party’s governorship ticket even though Celestine Omehia was declared the party’s flagbearer. The PDP won the election and Mr Omehia was sworn in as governor.

Mr Amaechi challenged Mr Omehia’s candidacy before a court and was eventually declared the rightful candidate of the PDP and winner of the April 2007 governorship election in Rivers State. He served twice as the state governor under the party before his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2013.

He currently serves as Nigeria’s minister of transportation, a position he has been occupying since 2015.

While recounting his political journey in the interview, Mr Amaechi lamented the poor representation of the people by political officeholders.

He said the poor have never been properly represented by the government whether it is the current administration, which he is part of, or the ones before it.

“The poor are still here and I doubt if they would ever go away. What happens is that the elite – whether the capitalists or socialists – must manage them in such a way that they can be provided for,” he added.

While Mr Amaechi condemned the representation of disadvantaged Nigerians by the political class, he has, at least on one occasion, used his office to deny disadvantaged Nigerians opportunities they would have otherwise benefited from.


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Nigeria’s transportation minister, Rotimi Amaechi, has said he did not join politics because he wanted to ‘solve Nigeria’s problems.’

Mr Amaechi, who has held political office since the return to civil rule in 1999, said unemployment, one of the age-long challenges of Nigeria, pushed him into politics rather than the zeal to serve.

“I didn’t join politics because I wanted to be a leader or because I wanted to solve Nigeria’s problems. I joined because of unemployment. I also believe there is a part that grace played in it,” the Punch quoted the minister as saying in an interview.

Mr Amaechi, a graduate of English Studies and Literature from the University of Port Harcourt, had his first major political break in 1999 when he was elected as a member and then speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He was re-elected to the position in 2003.

In 2007, he contested and won the party’s governorship ticket even though Celestine Omehia was declared the party’s flagbearer. The PDP won the election and Mr Omehia was sworn in as governor.

Mr Amaechi challenged Mr Omehia’s candidacy before a court and was eventually declared the rightful candidate of the PDP and winner of the April 2007 governorship election in Rivers State. He served twice as the state governor under the party before his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2013.

He currently serves as Nigeria’s minister of transportation, a position he has been occupying since 2015.

While recounting his political journey in the interview, Mr Amaechi lamented the poor representation of the people by political officeholders.

He said the poor have never been properly represented by the government whether it is the current administration, which he is part of, or the ones before it.

“The poor are still here and I doubt if they would ever go away. What happens is that the elite – whether the capitalists or socialists – must manage them in such a way that they can be provided for,” he added.

While Mr Amaechi condemned the representation of disadvantaged Nigerians by the political class, he has, at least on one occasion, used his office to deny disadvantaged Nigerians opportunities they would have otherwise benefited from.


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Bunch of thieves... With such leaders who are after their selfish interest, how can this country ever be good?

Same as Buhari. He joined for the money but kept deceiving his followers that he cares for them.

This Country sha

One day one problem

Even me sef, I didn't join boy scouts to become a scout.
I was scoping a particular babe

Nigerians are aware that no politician has interest of masses at heart. None of you can solve our problems. We ,the owners of the problems, will solve it ourselves. We will use our hands to configure our futures and not to be configured by politicians.

Nigerians should rise to voice out to claim what is ours. There is no government in Nigeria because all responsibilities of the government are being done by people.

Security. No place is safe. If you rely on Nigerian police for your safety then your life is valueless. Many homes and communities have got the service of vigilante because of lack of security.

Job Opportunity. The government jobs are connection prone. If you don't anybody that knows someone , you should bother to waste your form.

Education. The education system is in a state of comatose .If you graduated in Nigeria without ASUU strike, it means you are in your late fifties

Amaechi is a sincere and honest politician.
That is a good quality for a leader.
He may have join politics to survive, but with the level of honesty and sincerity he displayed in revealing it shows, he have a sincere passion to make things better if he can.

Nothing but the truth that Nigerians don like to be told.