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Rotimi Amaechi: “I Dislike Wealth, Would’ve Borrowed for Six Million Homes
- Amaechi served as governor of Rivers State and Minister of Transportation.
Amaechi insists he has no love for money and prides himself on his modest lifestyle. - “I don’t like money. Are you not surprised that I have been in Nigerian politics from when I was 22 till now? I am 60. So, you are talking about 38 years of being in politics.
Despite nearly four decades in politics, former Rivers State Governor and ex-Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi insists he has no love for money and prides himself on his modest lifestyle.
Eko Hot Blog reports that Amaechi served as governor of Rivers State and Minister of Transportation, asserts that he has maintained a humble way of life throughout his political career. So much so that his wife drives his backup vehicle as a testament to their mutual commitment to frugality.
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Reflecting on his time as governor, Amaechi shared that he would have borrowed money to finance the construction of six million houses in Rivers State.
“I don’t like money. Are you not surprised that I have been in Nigerian politics from when I was 22 till now? I am 60. So, you are talking about 38 years of being in politics.
“What scandals have you heard of me? Have you heard oh, Amaechi stealing money? Amaechi is this? Simple! As you entered here, did you see posh cars? My wife doesn’t even have a car. I have to provide my back up car. That is what she drives.
“Well, there are things you could have done differently, but that does not mean I have regrets. There are things that ordinarily, take for instance; I could as well have borrowed money to build.
“There are six million Rivers people, for instance. We could have borrowed money to build six million houses. If you build high rise and all that, in fact, it was my contact in the Ministry of Transport that made me know that actually, you can build six million houses for six million Rivers people.
“The question the person asked me was, how do you think we accommodate our 1.4 billion persons? Are they living on the streets?
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“Are they in the air? We accommodate them. So, ordinary six million, you can’t accommodate them? It was an idea that just struck me when I became a minister. But if I had known that as a governor, I would possibly have borrowed money to build those six million houses for them,” Amaechi disclosed this in an interview with The Sun.
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