Barely 12 hours after the former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi said he would not “want to join issues with children”, Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory has embarked on a project inspection with schoolchildren.
The school children joined Wike for the inspection of the ongoing construction of roads in the Gishiri area of Katampe district, Abuja.
The action of the minister appears to be a subtle response to Amaechi’s comments on “joining issues with children”.
A former governor of Rivers State, Wike had criticised the speech delivered by his predecessor (Amaechi) at his 60th birthday celebration.
Recall that Amaechi had during his birthday event in Abuja lamented over the growing hardship and the state of Nigeria’s economy.
Despite being a card-carrying member of the ruling party, Amaechi described himself as an opposition with a target to oust President Bola Tinubu from office.
He stated, “We’re all hungry, all of us are. If you’re not hungry, I’m, for us, the opposition, if you want us to remove the man in power, we can remove him from this power,” Amaechi said.
However, Wike accused the former transportation minister of failing to speak ill of the government while he was in power.
He described Amaechi’s comment during his birthday celebration as “politically motivated” and only an expression of one who is hungry for power.
Wike also said that Amaechi was only able to find his voice barely two years after leaving office as a two-time minister of transportation and two-time governor of Rivers State.
He stated, “Two years after he left office and as a member of the coalition, he is talking about hunger. He is just hungry for power.”
