Rotimi Amaechi is the poorest high profile political office holder in Nigeria - Kingsley Wali
- A moderator at an even, Kingsley Wali, says Rotimi Amaechi’s low financial status is due to his character and passion for selfless service
- He says the minister of transport took pains for public interest
The minister of transport, Rotimi Amaechi, has been described as the poorest high profile political office holder in Nigeria by one of his close associates, Kingsley Wali.
Vanguard reports that Wali on Tuesday, June 12, when moderating a lecture on the pains and gains of leadership in honour of MKO Abiola, said Amaechi shared something in common with the late democrat.
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He stated that the minister took all the pain for public interest and that was the reason why he is the poorest political officeholder in Nigeria.
“Like Abiola, the Ameachi aura is about a belief and commitment to that belief. Abiola had all the leverage to walk out of prison free, but he said he would not do so without his mandate, not for any personal interest but to serve public good," the moderator said.
“How many political leaders would go through what Amaechi went through in his second governorship term and will not break? And he took all the pain for public interest and that is why Amaechi today is the poorest political officeholder in Nigeria.
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“He would put his family on the line, talk less of scarifying his private vault to ensure that the other man is not deprived under his leadership. He once borrowed to pay a former commissioner son’s school fees. That is why he is poor and when he told the National Assembly I am not corrupt, he meant it”
The event was organized by the Unity Group, an All Progressives Congress (APC) interest group.
Meanwhile, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has unveiled a 46-feet statue the adjudged winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Moshood Kasimawo Olawale Abiola, expressing optimism that the monument will forever crystallize what the late politician stood for in his lifetime.
Legit.ng reports that Governor Ambode spoke at the unveiling of the statue at the MKO Abiola Garden in Alapere, Ketu sying it was in the tradition of the government to recognise and remember heroes and heroines who contributed to the greatness of the nation and the state in particular.
The governor said that MKO Abiola deserves the best from the State as Lagos was his success story.
Rotimi Amaechi gives a summary of the Buhari Administration on Legit.ng TV
Source: Legit.ng
