Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has stated that the hardship under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration has become so intense that many Nigerians are now yearning for the return of former President Muhammadu Buhari. Amaechi made this remark while announcing his resignation from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and his decision to join the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
According to Amaechi, Nigeria has been “completely destroyed” and cannot be rescued by a mere change of government. He cited the rising inflation, high cost of living, and the fall of the naira as evidence of the administration’s failure. “Inflation is at its peak. People cannot eat. People cannot buy food. There is no money to buy food. Everything is gone,” he said.
Amaechi noted that the country has become so difficult that Nigerians have started recalling the Buhari era with nostalgia. “Now people want Buhari to come back. What happens in Nigeria is that each new government ends up being worse than the last, and people begin to long for the previous one,” he stated.
The former minister criticized the handling of the economy, citing the fall of the naira as one of the administration’s biggest failures. “The dollar was about 460 or 500 under Buhari. Now it is 1580. That is more than a 100 percent increase,” he noted. Amaechi also expressed his long-held view that Tinubu is not fit to lead the country, saying “I have never believed that Tinubu is material to govern the country. I never have”.