Amaechi says getting rid of hunger is more important than restructuring to Buhari’s government.
Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation, has said there is nothing wrong with calls for the restructuring of the country, but insists getting rid of hunger and poverty is more critical to the federal government.
Amaechi stated this on Sunday, while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.
“If to you what is important is restructuring, I don’t see anything wrong with restructuring. But I’m saying it is not the most critical problem we have.
“The most critical problem we have is hunger and poverty, which is breeding insecurity,” he said.
There have been growing calls for restructuring from members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Amaechi who was Rivers State governor between 2007 and 2015, when asked ways of stopping crimes across the country, responded that the solution to insecurity was creating jobs for Nigerians.
“If you’re able to create employment, you create security.
“When you do not create a legitimate economy, the people will create for themselves an illegitimate economy and be able to feed themselves,” he added.
Newsonspot.com.ng reports that the country is grappling with rising kidnapping and killings.
