Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Ameachi has asked Nigerians to ignore reports that he asked they should contribute towards medical treatment of those injured in the Monday train Attacks in Kaduna.
Ameachi debunked this in a statement released and signed by Director Press and PR, Mr. Eric Ojiekwe . He noted that the minister only asked the Nigerian Railway Corporation to liaise with the hospital management and see how much they can contribute for the treatment of the patients.
He urged the public to disregard the news and see it as a false and a terrible misrepresentation
The statement reads partly,” The Ministry of Transportation’s attention has been drawn to the story carried by the print media and other online platforms quoting the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Ameachi, as asking Nigerians people to liaise with the hospital management and see how much they can contribute to the treatment of the patients is false and a terrible misrepresentation.
“On the contrary,what the Minister said and we have it on record is: I have said to the Nigerian Railway Corporation to liaise with the hospital management and see how much they can contribute for the treatment of the patients.
“In light of the above,we urge the public to disregard these publications as it is not a representation of what the Minister said when he went to commiserate with the bomb blast victims at 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital and St. Gerald’s Catholic Hospital, both in Kaduna on March 30,2022.”