He said: “This initiative is aimed at remodelling and redevelopment of our major railway stations within the country
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However, Amaechi, who made this known when he appeared before Senate Committee on Marine Transport, said he first heard about the contract on the pages of newspapers and that he had yet to be properly briefed by officials of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency on the matter since his appointment as minister was confirmed last month
This was contained in a statement signed by Abdulraouf Akinwoye, the Public Relations Officer of the NRC in Lagos.
According to the statement, the service has become necessary in order to ease the hardship of commuters in the areas, as part of the change agenda
The minister also requested for the staff nominal roll and details of staff employed by the agency and their qualifications
The party however hastened to direct Amaechi’s attention to issues that needed his urgent attention as the man saddled with running a strategically important ministry
Bro Felix Obuah, the state Chairman of the party, said this through a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Jerry Needam, while reacting to the official swearing in of the new ministers and assigning of portfolios to them
The minister added that his meeting with the Permanent Secretary and the Directors on November 17 would begin by looking at the budget and its level of implementation
The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Chief Olisa Metuh, stated this while briefing newsmen on the resolutions of the party’s National Caucus Meeting held in the late hours of Thursday in Abuja
The PDP senators were unhappy that one of the nominees it opposed and former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, was about to be confirmed
The thorny nominee and former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, was said to be the reason for the closed-door session
However, following the failure of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions to conclude its findings on the allegations of fraud brought against Amaechi, the screening was announced postponed
A probe panel instituted by the government of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State had on Friday indicted Amaechi, some of his former aides and a former Military Administrator of the state, retired Brigadier General Anthony Ukpo, over corruption
A probe panel instituted by the government of Governor Nyesom Wike had on Friday indicted Amaechi, some of his former aides and a former Military Administrator of the state, retired Brigadier General Anthony Ukpo, over corruption
The Bill was extensively deliberated upon and passed into Law and was subsequently assented to on the 3rd day of May, 2008. by Rt. Hon. C R Amaechi, CON, Governor of Rivers State as he then was
The inaugural edition of the biggest media talk shop, slated for October 15 in Lagos, would be organised in partnership with Troyka Holding and the School of Media and Communication of the Pan-African University
This development is contained in a White Paper released on Friday by the state government on the recommendations of the commission of inquiry set up by the government to probe the alleged sale of valued assets of the state and related matters by the administration of Amaechi
Briefing journalists, the Senate spokesman, Senator Sino Melaye, said a minimum of two senators from the state of a nominee must have subscribed to their nomination
He accused Governor Nyesom Wike of resorting to last ditch efforts to scuttle his nomination as a minister by President Muhammadu Buhari
The drama to stop Amaechi on Wednesday began when Senator Gorge Sekibo raised a Point of Order (41) for the submission of a petition against the former governor over the alleged embezzlement of N70 billion
“By this singular act, President Muhammadu Buhari has not only given us the best 55th independence anniversary gift but has also liberated Rivers State from the shackles of a despotic and demonic clique that thought that by propaganda that they could rewrite the history of Rivers State and run down a man whose love for the development and emancipation of Rivers State and Nigeria is infectious