He said, “I’ve always discouraged those who want to leave this country; 9 – 5, yes, you can always get 9 – 5 jobs when you leave the country but you can never get the opportunity you would get in Nigeria

Rotimi Amaechi, a former Minister of Transportation has said Nigerians deserve the leaders they get.

The former Rivers State governor while being featured on Arise News programme on Saturday said he always discouraged Nigerians from moving abroad because of the “many opportunities in Nigeria”.

He said, “I’ve always discouraged those who want to leave this country; 9 – 5, yes, you can always get 9 – 5 jobs when you leave the country but you can never get the opportunity you would get in Nigeria.

“You can just wake up one and become a minister in Nigeria, you can just wake up one day and become a governor. It just happens, I don’t know how this country operates so if you are looking for opportunities, please stay back in Nigeria.

If you are looking for 9-5, safety and all that… One of my friends said to me, supposing you are waiting for that opportunity and they kill you. Well, maybe that is your destiny.”

When one of the anchors pointed out that such opportunities for public office are enough for millions of Nigerians, Amaechi said, “You just assume the opportunity is about being in public office.

“So there are about 200 million Nigerians; just assume that you start cooking moi moi, and you sell to 1 million Nigerians at N10, how much is that?”