The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has slammed a former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, over his latest remark calling for a protest in opposition to the hike in gas and commodity costs.
In a latest interview, Amaechi, a former Minister of Transportation, berated Nigerian youths for sitting again as an alternative of hitting the streets to protest the rising price of residing and hardship within the nation.
He had mentioned, “There needs to be protests. Not even protests in opposition to anyone however in opposition to the politicians that ‘we received’t vote.’”
Nonetheless, in an announcement on Saturday issued by the ministry’s Director of Info and Public Relations, Henshaw Ogubike, the minister described Amaechi’s feedback as reckless and irresponsible.
The previous Governor of Zamfara State mentioned President Bola Tinubu is working tirelessly to safeguard the peace and safety of each Nigerian.
It reads, “It’s each reckless and irresponsible for a former public servant of Amaechi’s standing to incite Nigerians in opposition to their very own authorities.
“At a time when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is working tirelessly to deal with the challenges going through the nation by way of numerous reforms which can be yielding outcomes, it’s absurd, preposterous and shameful for anybody to take advantage of the real state of affairs of our residents for egocentric political achieve.”
He warned that any makes an attempt to destabilise the nation by way of incitement wouldn’t be tolerated and cautioned Amaechi in opposition to casting aspersions on the federal government’s real intentions for Nigerians.
“We is not going to enable anybody to gas violence or manipulate the prevailing state of affairs of our folks. Let this function a remaining warning to Amaechi and his cohorts.
“It’s anticipated that Amaechi joins fingers with the Federal Authorities to maneuver the nation ahead. Somewhat, he selected to remain apart with myopic assertions,” the assertion added.