The immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi has graduated from Baze University Abuja with a second-class upper degree in Law (LLB).
Amaechi commenced the Bachelor of Law Degree Programme when he was a minister and in spite of his tight schedules, he combined the rigours of academic studies and his official work and achieved this remarkable grade.
The former Minister in his numerous inspections of projects under the Ministry was seen reading books in between his engagements with the contractors and workers on sites. For instance, during the inspections of the Lagos – Ibadan standard gauge rail line, Amaechi would use the opportunity of transit from one station to the other in reading ahead of his examinations.
Amaechi, as a Minister conceptualized the remodelling and the revolution in the railway transportation sector with a brand new Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line started and completed under his supervision. Completion of the Warri-Itakpe rail line, groundbreaking of the Kano-Daura-Maradi rail line; the ongoing Kano-Kaduna standard gauge rail line.