Reno Omokri calls Amaechi a liar, says Jonathan left $28.6bn external reserves
Media aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has dismissed the claim of insufficient funds made by the minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi.
Omokri said Nigeria’s ex-leader left foreign reserve at $28.6 billion in 2015.
Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, had claimed that the funds left by Jonathan were not sufficient to last the new government for three weeks.
“As former chairman of the governors’ forum, I was told by the security in a meeting chaired by the former President including the former minister of finance that at every point in time, the government must leave money behind in case Nigeria goes to war that would last for six months,” Amaechi had said.
“By the time we came, they didn’t leave money behind that could last us for three weeks. And I was speaking at that time as the chairman of the governors’ forum.”
Omokri said Amaechi had been showing desperation to be the next All Progressives Congress (APC) vice-presidential candidate, “a situation that has led him to be pouring lies against the Goodluck Jonathan administration”.
“This is exactly what Jonathan left behind on May 29, 2015, that Amaechi said could not sustain Nigeria for three weeks,” he posted on his Instagram page.
“Foreign reserve of $28.6 billion, $2.2 billion in the Excess Crude Account, $5.6 billion Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas Limited dividends and over $1 billion investments via the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority.”
Omokri also alleged that Amaechi had a slave mentality which he claimed makes him do anything to please those he described as his slave masters.
“Rotimi Amaechi is just a useless liar, who thinks he can get APC’s vice-presidential slot by attacking former President Jonathan. 2023 is near. The whole of Nigeria will soon see what Buhari will leave behind, apart from N40 trillion debt,” he added.
“Sadly, he has a perpetual problem with self-worth, and Nigerians are cautioned not to take him seriously.”
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