“Is life easier now than when I was in APC?” – Amaechi defends late Buhari’s govt

The former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has queried the quality of life lived by Nigerians in the current administration led by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Tinubu.

Speaking while making an appearance at the ongoing protest against the Senate’s rejection of real-time transmission of election results at the National Assembly, Amaechi said citizens lived a better life during the late President Muhammadu Buhari’s government.

Amaechi’s defence of the past administration, which he served as a minister, followed an inquiry from a journalist on his involvement with the APC.

A former member of the ruling party, Amaechi had dumped the APC for the coalition party, the African Democratic Congress whose leaders are focused on ousting the government of Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.

In a rhetorical response to the journalist, the former minister said, “Is life for you better now than it was when I was in APC?”

“No, answer now because it is worse now than it was then. In Buhari’s time, at least, even though we were planning to remove subsidy, we had better plans for citizens,” Amaechi claimed.

Further alleging that there is more corruption perpetuated by the current administration, the former minister said he would have left the APC if Buhari’s tenure had witnessed this level of corruption.

Asked about his conviction that Tinubu will not emerge victorious in the 2027 presidential election, the former minister said, “Let’s wait and see.”

He added that, it would be impossible for the incumbent to win the next presidential election because according to him, “Thee will must prevail.”