I’ll Be Foolish To Say There’s No Corruption In Buhari’s Govt – Amaechi

The Minister of Transport, Romiti Amaechi, has said it will be “foolish” of him to say there is no corruption in President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

Speaking to newsmen in his office in Abuja, Amaechi said, however, that the corruption in Buhari’s government cannot be equated with that which was seen under the administration of former president Goodluck Jonathan.

“I will nearly be a foolish man to say that there is no corruption in this government, but compare the magnitude if there is any,” he said, adding that, “Before it was with impunity. Now there are consequences for stealing.”

Speaking further, the minister said if by chance Nigerians vote in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) back to power in 2019, the magnitude of corruption seen under the previous government will return “automatically”.

“Let me tell you, if we don’t win, corruption will come back automatically, Nobody will beg it,” he said.

Amaechi claimed that members of the opposition PDP are very “hungry for money” in less than four years since they left power.

“For any reason we lose election, you the young ones are taking yourselves and Nigeria 10 steps backwards because the elites who left through PDP are waiting in the wind.”

“They have been out for four years and they have never been out of government before; PDP never left government, so now they are hungry. Not hungry for power, in fact if you tell them that I want to keep power and I will give you money, they will say take power and give us the money,” he said.

On the possibility of Buhari getting re-elected in 2019, he said, “It was not easy last time but it will be more difficult now. Why it would be difficult, more difficult? Expectations were too high, and a lot of people felt that we did not meet those expectation but they are not looking at what it takes to meet those expectation.”