The Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, on Monday paid a condolence visit to the family of Late Engr. Usman Abubakar, the Board Chairman of Nigerian Railway Corporation(NRC), who died October 11, 2018.
Amaechi visited the family at their residence in Unguwan Dosa in Kaduna State.
The minister, during the visit said that the Lagos-Ibadan rail project was a pet project of the deceased, stating that it was his wish for the project to be completed.
He said that the deceased was the chairman of the technical committee, adding that he always ensured that every complaint on the project was resolved.
Amaechi however, assured the family that the ministry would try its best to cater for his family, based on his service to the nation.
The Minister said, “We were working too closely that I gave him part of my responsibility at the railway project, part of the responsibility was the chairman of the technical committee and he solved a lot of our technical problems.
“We are already feeling his absence a lot, because at the end of the day when we run into such problems again, I will say if chairman was here now, it would have being resolved.
“We find it very difficult but one thing we owe him is to ensure that we complete the Lagos-Ibadan railway, which was his pet project, he dreamt of that project, stayed in Lagos and came for all inspections.
“He said to me, that whatever it will take to make us deliver this project to make Nigerians happy, he was willing to participate. His death came as a shock because I never knew he was sick”.
Amaechi said that God determines when everyone will die stating that his achievement won’t be ignored.
Speaking, the deceased Son, Mohammed Abubakar described his late father as being simple, a man of integrity and a strong loyalist to President, Muhammadu Buhari.
“My father was a simple man of great integrity and a staunch loyalist of President Muhammadu Buhari. He always valued education more than anything.
“He would always tell his children that, he would not bequeath us with money when he died and that the only thing he could do was to make sure we had quality education.
“He lived a very simple life so much that people barely knew him as the Chairman of NRC, He never wanted the attention, glitz and glamour that came with the office”, he said.
He however, appreciated the minister for the visit and the entire delegation from the federal ministry of transportation.
NAN
