Ex-President Jonathan causes of banditry in Nigeria – Amaechi

The former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that banditry became rampant in Nigeria was caused by Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.

He said the money left behind for Nigeria by former President Goodluck Jonathan at the point of his departure on May 29, 2015, was not enough to run the affairs of the country for three weeks.

Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, speaking on ‘Hard Copy’ a Channels Television programme.

The ex-Governor of Rivers State claimed that while he was chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ forum, he was informed by officials of the Presidency that there was virtually no money left in the treasury.

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Amaechi said, “When you talk about bandits and all these people that kill, it’s a question about poverty and it did not start in this regime.

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“As former chairman of the governors’ forum, I was told by the security in a meeting chaired by the former President including the former minister of finance that at every point in time, the government must leave money behind in case Nigeria goes to war that would last for six months.

“By the time we came, they didn’t leave money behind that could last us for three weeks. And I was speaking at that time as the chairman of the governors’ forum.”

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