Rotimi Amaechi, minister of
transportation, has asked the Igbo to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s
second term bid.
But
he says they should first “go for confession, seek forgiveness” and join the
All Progressives Congress (APC) where they will have a chance of producing
Buhari’s successor.
Amaechi
said this on Wednesday while delivering a lecture on ‘The Igbo in the politics
of Nigeria’ at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra.
During
the 2015 presidential election, most of the Igbo rooted for ex-President
Goodluck Jonathan, who was eventually defeated by Buhari. Although
the president is yet to declare his intention to seek a second term in office,
Amaechi has been appointed the coordinator of his re-election campaign.
At
the convocation ceremony, he said even though “we are not here for campaign…we
must tell ourselves the truth about what Buhari has done”.He
said the president has done more projects for the Igbo more than any other
administration has done in two years.
“You
(Igbo) did not vote for Buhari, true or false? You voted for PDP and what did
they do for you? PDP abandoned the Enugu-Onitsha expressway since 1999, but
Buhari is working on it, true or false?” he asked.
“Buhari
is working on the second Niger Bridge, he is working on the Otuocha-Ibaji-Abuja
road, he is working on the Abakaliki-Onueke road, he is working on the
Oji-Achi-Naku road in Enugu state, he is also working on Ozalla-Akpugo-Amagunze
road. He is working on the Aba-Ikot Ekpene road.
“Under
Buhari, all major cities of the south-east are captured in the existing railway
project. Name one government that has done up to this within two years. Our
problem is that we are just being emotional.”
The
minister said the Igbo has no hope in the PDP and the All Progressives Grand
Alliance (APGA) — which he described as regional parties.
According
to him, “Igbo should go for confession, seek forgiveness and move into a
national party, and look for way to fight from inside.
“They
should vote for Buhari for a second term, and then force him out and look for
Igbo president. Let the quarrel with the north, real or imagined, stop now”.
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