My Problem With Sanwo Olu—–Rotimi Amaechi

<p><em>My problems with a governor<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>reports that in a deft move to ensure that developments in Nigeria are facilitated through effective transportation&comma; the Honourable Minister of Transportation&comma; Right Honourable Rotimi Amaechi&comma; has exposed areas he expects governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to take immediate actions&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;But to his utter disappointment&comma; governor Sanwo-Olu&comma; who he describes as his friend&comma; is slow at implementing his recommended measures which are aimed at addressing the destruction of Nigeria’s commonwealth&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;These were part of the grouse Rotimi out poured on Monday in Abuja&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Speaking at a Town Hall meeting organized by the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation on vandalization of public assets attended by OpenLife&comma; Amaechi gave clinical details of the sordid vandalization of rail tracks across the country&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He maintained that the vandalization of tracks&comma; which is directly under his Ministry’s supervision&comma; is his major source of worry saying the federal government is spending billions of dollars to improve on rail transport for Nigerians&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Yet&comma; to think that some Nigerians have developed penchant for vandalism is antithetical to national development&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He enumerated cases across Nigeria where rail tracks have been vandalized&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He explained that north west and east including middle belt are regions where his ministry has recorded high cases&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;From Abuja to Kaduna&comma; we go every morning to ensure that the bolts used in joining the tracks together&comma; which are vandalized almost everyday&comma; are replaced before train moves&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The reason we have resorted to this extra measure is to prevent accident of derail and avoid loss of life and goods&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is dangerous to allow train to take off when such inspection has not been carried out&period; This is because train does not have automatic break mechanism to avoid failed portion of the tracks like vehicles&comma;” he lamented&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In the western axis&comma; Amaechi disclosed that cases of track stealing are minimal but stated that Lagos market men and women have turned rail tracks to shops&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In Lagos&comma; they don’t steal rail tracks or vandalize the bolts but they build shops on rail tracks&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">Market women<&sol;a> and men have turned it to their shops&comma; selling all manner of things&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Whenever they notice train is approaching&comma; they would momentarily move out their wares and return immediately the train is off that scene&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Same thing applies in Port Harcourt&period; Whenever I visit Mile One in Port Harcourt&comma; it doesn’t seem those tracks are newly built&period; It is a terrible situation&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In Lagos&comma; double gauge that were built recently looks as if it was built in 1901 as a result of markets wares&period; All manner of firth litter the tracks&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have called Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s attention to it&period; I told him to get those people arrested and send them to jail to serve as deterrent to others but till now&comma; the governor has neither arrested nor prosecuted any of the defaulters&comma;” Amaechi disclosed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;