MASSOB also rejected the report by the Buhari administration that the China Civil Engineering and Construction Company’s workers are incessantly harassed by youths in Abia.
By Jeffrey Agbo
The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has accused the Buhari administration of being biased in its handling of the Eastern railway project.
The group’s statement followed comments made on Wednesday by the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, that the Federal Government will not be able to complete the narrow-gauge eastern railway corridor before President Muhammadu Buhari leaves office in May 2023.
Sambo explained that the project has been stalled by the unavailability of the foreign loans required to fund it.
The minister added that the contractor in charge of the project, China Civil Engineering and Construction Company, complained of incessant attacks on its workers around the Abia State axis of the rail corridor.
But the leader of MASSOB, Uche Madu, said in a statement on Friday that the allegation was false.
The statement said, “The leadership of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) have disagreed and lambasted the Nigeria Federal government on their resolution to cancel the reconstruction of the Eastern Railway project with an excuse of no money to fund the project.
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“President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal government is not ashamed of the impunities they have committed and are still committing through various sectors of his corrupt administration.
“Muhammadu Buhari led Federal government speedily and rigorously developed the core northern states, build and promote modern railway transportation across northern states and Lagos state including constructing a highway with money from crude oils from southeastern states.
“They showcased their hypocritical tendencies against the eastern region with reckless abandon. It is hypocritical and unacceptable that there is no money to fund the Eastern Railway project.”
“MASSOB also disagrees and rejects the report by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal government that the China Civil Engineering and Construction Company workers are incessantly harassed by youths in Abia State.
“This Chinese construction company has not started their work in Abia State, even their staff are not in Abia State.”
