Former Minister of Transportation and Vice Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rotimi Amaechi, has claimed Nigerians are missing former President Buhari because life under his administration was far better than it is now. NigerianState Updates
Amaechi made this assertion while speaking on Channels Television on Tuesday, November 10.
Amaechi challenged Nigerians to compare their lives under the two administrations. He cited the exchange rate, fuel prices, and alleged corruption, and urged Nigerians to compare their lives under Buhari with their circumstances today. NigerianState Updates
“I always like to quote the former president, Buhari. He will say, ‘People will call me back.’ Nigerians will say, ‘We miss former President Buhari’; are they not saying that now?
The reason why they are saying that is: compare your life when President Buhari was alive and was the president of Nigeria, and your life now; which one will you choose?”
He said the dollar was about N600 and fuel cost less than N300 by the time the Buhari administration left office, and also argued that allegations of stealing under Buhari did not compare with what he said was happening under the current government.
“By the time we left office, dollar was at 600, by the time we left office, fuel was below 300. The stealing in Buhari’s government, if there was stealing in Buhari’s government, can you compare it to what is going on now? What is going on now is what I call ‘Alibaba and the 40 thieves’.”
When asked whether some of the problems the Tinubu administration is trying to resolve stemmed from decisions taken under Buhari, citing Buhari’s refusal to remove fuel subsidy as an example, Amaechi authoritatively dismissed the claims.
“Name one,” Amaechi replied