sinistermind:
Wow!!! It's quite obvious Amaechi is angry with the SS don't know why at least. But why would u go against your people, dis is something a northerner can never do.

asha01:


Amaechi is trying to belong or pretend to support where he does not belong.
Goodluck made the same mistake by trying to please the Northerners to gain their support and failed at the end.
Ameachi will soon regret all he is doing.

tete7000:
Of course, do you compare the response of 3rd class political jobbler who struggled to graduate with that of a 1st class graduate who had distinguished himself in his chosen field of endeavour and worked at best one of the best institution in the world?

Codes151:
Don't know why FG is so naive! Always sending an idiot for errands! Amaechi has nothing to offer this generation or next!

TheGoodJoe:


Please explain to me why you think Kachikwu is correct.

Kachikwu is taking of continuing the work and using courts to retrieve the money.

Does that sound wise to you? Why not cancel the project, retrieve the money and build the project in the right and befitting way.

You do not need a degree from a University to know that 13 billion is enough to build the project and spending 13 billion on just land is a big fraud.

TheGoodJoe:


Hon. Amaechi built over five hundred schools, over a hundred health centres and constructed over a hundred roads. He constructed bridges and flyovers. Yet you are saying he does not belong. Say what you know.

Amaechi built mega farms, a mega syringe factory.

The man is a legend of the South-South. If Amaechi does not belong, who does.

Picture of a few of his work below.

TheGoodJoe:


How can you say one of the best governors in the history of Nigeria has nothing to offer?

Na wa.

Below is one of Hon. Amaechi’s schools.

TheGoodJoe:


How can you say one of the best governors in the history of Nigeria has nothing to offer?

Na wa.

Below is one of Hon. Amaechi’s schools.

Codes151:


When the FG stupidly keeps sending or payin much for a les valued item who u blame? Cancel the contract n collect the money? Wh money? Way don finish?

Tell me that the govt should use best practices for contracts!

Pavarottii:

Why call it Ameachi's school. is he not meant to build schools. Or is it his money?

Codes151:


If u like sum it all.. his achievements! It's lesser! Start with our monorail then ask him Wher he got money for rerun! Smh... that guy is corruption

Pavarottii:

Oga make I hear word. Which governor never built any road. Call d name of d gov and the state.

TheGoodJoe:


I am suppose to ask you who to blame. It is clear there was a monumental fraud in the project. There is a good chance of retrieving the money.

I trust Hon. Amaechi to deliver the project when he says he will. So why should we continue with a scam.

This is people coming together to siphon billions from an Agency and Hon. Amaechi is stopping.

So please, who are we to blame, Hon. Amaechi retrieving the money or the people who stole the money.

Tokt:
Fools are talking shamelessly on this thread.
Amaechi started by saying he isn't against the project but funds aren't available for now to continue. Besides, it's not the priority because already we have two different schools already in kaduna and Oron.
Kachukwu was the one being political. The decision of this govt remain the same and him saying he will take it up in his ministry is senseless because it hasn't been budgeted for.
Amaechi went further to request that efcc retrieved the money that has been squandered on the project already. It's on record that Tompolo duped his community on this project. Fools choose to ignore this vital point but chooses to lash on shafts.
As much as okerenkoko university is a good idea and initiative, the bitter truth is is not in the priority of this govt. Case closed.

TheGoodJoe:



That is all you guys say. Mono Rail, Mono Rail. It was a long term project. So look at the short term projects that he completed.

The point here is that Amaechi built over five hundred schools and did more. You guys can never talk about the free uniforms, free school fees, free books, free sandals, free socks.

You guys never talk about the over a hundred built and equipped health care centers.

Please list the better governors than Hon. Amaechi.

The fact is 13 billion is enough to build the University. It is pure fraud spending all on land.

gocac:
Foooooooolssssssss talking....! Goodluck was president for 6yrs, he did nothing about maritime university until 2 hours to leave office, nothing called development visited the niger Delta.. Port harcourt international air port was abandoned by the ijaw man...yet there was no gun shot, no ijaw man ever critized him because his there brother. Today the whole of south south has no standard airport.... Shame... I say shame on all of you..! He refused to clean up ogoni because ogoni is not an ijaw land... Yet they call him their hero. Today everybody is calling for the head of buhari and amaechi..... Bombings everywhere...today there is an Ordinary minister just less than 2yrs, that does not want to develop Niger delta.. Because amaechi Is Not ijaw.as I write this, I. Write with tears flowing down..because Nigeria might never recover from ethnic sentiments! Shame...Shame....

Codes151:


As for amaechi, one day everything will surface! As for the university in question! FG can investigate! Where ever it was stopped, they continue with a diff contracting company wr they PM is transparent. (meeting each milestone or deliverable) according to scope! Then the old guys sewed for breach of contract in order to recover funds n licence revoked or jailed! Best practices.

Tokt:
The minister of transport, Chibuike Amaechi, and the minister of state for petroleum, Ibeh Kachikwu, on Monday disagreed on the establishment of a Nigerian Maritime University, proposed for Okerenkoko in Delta State.
Speaking alongside other ministers at a government town meeting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Amaechi defended the decision of the Buhari administration to scrap the project.
Mr. Amaechi said the previous administration of Goodluck Jonathan had paid too much to acquire a site for the university.
The groundbreaking of the proposed school at Okerenkoko in Warri south-West local government area was done by former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2014.
But addressing the senate committee on maritime on January 19, Mr. Amaechi announced the scrapping of the project, which was to be financed by the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Administration Agency, a parastatal under his ministry.
He cited insecurity in the area, and said the project was a “misplacement of priority” because there are transport institutes in Zaria (Kaduna), and Oron (Akwa Ibom), already.
On Monday, Mr. Amaechi address the case again, in response to a question at the town hall meeting.
The minister said the new government lacked the funds to continue with the university project.


“Okerenkoko (Maritime University), I am not against,” he said. “My argument about Okerenkoko is that land alone is 13 billion(naira). If you give me 13 billion, I will buy the half of Lagos. That 13 billion has built the university already.”
He said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission should recover the N13 billion already paid for the land, then “I will build the university for them”.
“What to do: let EFCC retrieve the money and release the money and we build the university. If they bring the N13 billion, I will build the university for them. That’s for land alone. I believe the Federal Government does not have money. When we have money, we can continue. The minister of petroleum has said he would look for the money. Minister, give me the money and we continue.”
But Mr. Kachikwu disagreed with Mr. Amaechi, saying he was in support of the project, drawing a loud applause from the audience.
“First, let me say on Okerenkoko University, I disagree with the Minister of Transport,” he said.
“Any facility that is located in the South-South we should work close to developing it. I don’t care the circumstances under which you are placed.
“It’s not in my position to determine whether land was valued at 3 billion or 10 billion. The appropriate institution which is at the cost system will determine that. That has nothing to do with development of infrastructure. And as far as I know, so much has already gone into the university.
“So much physical of assets are being developed. We are not going to throw away the baby with bath water. We deal with the issues but the university will be developed. If he (Amaechi) does not want it in Maritime, I will take it in petroleum,” he said.
Mr. Kachikwu later said that he joined the present government without ever meeting President Muhammadu Buhari, but by “recommendation and reputation”.
On the renewed insurgency in the Niger Delta region, Mr. Kachikwu repeated his call for dialogue with Niger Delta Avengers which has vowed to ground Nigeria’s oil industry, having carried out audacious attacks on oil and gas installations.
He said the crisis could not be resolved through counter military attacks by Nigeria’s Armed Forces, but through dialogue.
“We must dialogue first; and if that fails, we know what to do next,” he said.
He said Niger Delta people with “skills and finance” would benefit from allocation of oil blocs because it would be part of “giving back to the chicken that laid the eggs”.
He said oil blocs would empower Niger Delta people and enable to engage in genuine oil deals, rather than being contractors to oil companies.


http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/205246-kachikwu-amaechi-disagree-maritime-university.html

TheGoodJoe:


Please explain to me why you think Kachikwu is correct.

Kachikwu is taking of continuing the work and using courts to retrieve the money.

Does that sound wise to you? Why not cancel the project, retrieve the money and build the project in the right and befitting way.

You do not need a degree from a University to know that 13 billion is enough to build the project and spending 13 billion on just land is a big fraud.

Codes151:


Let's say one day we will all know the truth! As for the university stuf, its definitely fraudulent n I agree with u on dt

YoursGEJ:
Ibe Kachikwu has a point. The project may be corruption-ridden but that does not mean that it is not beneficial to the ordinary citizens.

Jail the thieves and let the university serve its purpose

opalu:
Minister of Petroleum should take up that Maritime University to execute it for posterity sake. Since the ministry of Transport has too many projects on its plate already

tete7000:


You have a situation degenerating into conflict in your hand, the militants are using it as a reason to destabiise your government; which approach do you think can douse the tension: Amaechi's or Kachikwu's? As an administrator your conflict resolution skill is very important. As a petroleum minister, Kachikwu understands the importance of that project to resolving the problem he currently face in the creek.

repogirl:
it's not right to keep.the project on hold while retrieving the money. Can't the two work simultaneously?

Pavarottii:

Oga make I hear word. Which governor never built any road. Call d name of d gov and the state.

TheGoodJoe:



Amaechi’s steps is right. Just as he highlighted in the video. Cancel the contract, it is obvious it is a scam. 13 billion for land alone. Use EFCC, retrieve the money and build the University.

So I still do not get why people say Kachikwu floored Amaechi. Kachikwu is wrong saying go on with the project. That means starting without enough money to build the University.

colli247:
what of fashola and amaechi