{"id":49642,"date":"2016-05-27T11:37:05","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T10:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=49642"},"modified":"2016-05-27T11:37:05","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T10:37:05","slug":"amaechi-sirika-fight-grounds-ministry-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/amaechi-sirika-fight-grounds-ministry-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"Amaechi, Sirika Fight Grounds Ministry of Transport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u2026my picture should not be the issue-Sirika<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The ongoing war of attrition between Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi<br \/>\nand Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, is hurting the<br \/>\nactivities of the Ministry of Transport, Pointblanknews.com investigation<br \/>\nhas revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The two ministers came close to exchanging blows Monday over the placement<br \/>\nof their portraits at the nation&#8217;s airports.<\/p>\n<p>The development has led to a loss of focus and lack of coordination in the<br \/>\nministry.<\/p>\n<p>This was observed in recent summits held by the ministry where Amaechi was<br \/>\nholding a maritime summit in Lagos while Sirika was chairing an aviation<br \/>\nworkshop in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The seats of both ministers were vacant at both events.<\/p>\n<p>Further Checks showed that Amaechi was miffed at certain acts of<br \/>\ninsubordination displayed by the minister of state and the impression of a<br \/>\ncompetitive atmosphere between the two ministers prompting Amaechi to<br \/>\norder the removal of Sirika&#8217;s portraits at the airports and other<br \/>\nstrategic facilities under aviation.<\/p>\n<p>Sirika is also believed to harbour the disposition that having come from<br \/>\nKatsina State, where President Buhari hails, he should not be pushed<br \/>\naround or take orders from Amaechi.<\/p>\n<p>Workers in the ministry are shocked at the embarrassing altercation<br \/>\nbetween the two ministers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a shame. Both ministers are embarrassing themselves publicly. It is<br \/>\na mess. And President Buhari on his part has been silent over this issue.<br \/>\nHe should call them to order immediately. The aviation and transport<br \/>\nsectors are very key sectors of our economy. We can\u2019t continue to have two<br \/>\nadults who should know better fighting over the pettiness of who is in<br \/>\ncharge or control of what. When two elephants fight, unfortunately, it is<br \/>\nthe ground that suffers. Nigerians are the ones who will bear the brunt<br \/>\nover this unnecessary squabble,\u201d a senior official of the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the development yesterday, Minister of State for Aviation,<br \/>\nHadi Sirika, said his concern was the development of the aviation sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe social media said that I and the Minister are fighting but that is<br \/>\nnot true. The fact that there are no pictures of me at airports, offices<br \/>\nand agencies under aviation is based on my personal choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that my photo will not give Nigerians anything, rather, it is<br \/>\nmy actions that will. I don\u2019t need my pictures on walls, they were there<br \/>\nbefore but I ordered that they be removed. Photo will not give us good<br \/>\nairports and runways, rather good governance and that is my challenge and<br \/>\ntarget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving pictures everywhere as far as I am concerned is very trivial,<br \/>\nunnecessary and it is not my style\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy pictures should be put on walls when I have worked. Having my<br \/>\npictures on walls is not the major reason why I was appointed to serve,<br \/>\nmy dream is to change the industry for better and when that is done, then<br \/>\nmy pictures can be put everywhere\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The presidency is yet to react to the altercation.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026my picture should not be the issue-Sirika The ongoing war of attrition between Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi and Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, is hurting the&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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