Transport Ministry debunks claims Amaechi ask Nigerians to contribute to victims’ treatment

The Transport Ministry has urged the public to ignore the post which says that its Minister Rotimi Amaechi asked Nigerians to contribute to the treatment of the victims of the recent Abuja Kaduna train attack.

The ministry’s Director of Press and Public Relations Eric Ojiekwe in a statement on Thursday the claim was not a representation of what the minister said when he went to commiserate with the victims of the Kaduna bomb blast on Wednesday.

The victims were admitted to the Nigerian Army Referral Hospital 44 and St. Gerald’s Catholic Hospital in Kaduna.

”The attention of the Ministry of Transport has been drawn to the story published in the media and other online platforms.

“Quoting Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi asking Nigerians to contact the hospital management and see how much they can contribute to the treatment of patients is untrue and a terrible misrepresentation.

“On the contrary, what the Minister said and we have on record is: ‘I have told the Nigerian Railway Corporation to contact the hospital management and see how much they can contribute towards the treatment of the patients.’

In light of the above, we urge the public to ignore these posts.

“As it is not a representation of what the minister said when he went to commiserate with the victims at the Nigerian Army Referral Hospital 44 and St. Gerald’s Catholic Hospital, both in Kaduna on March 30”.