Amaechi Says Nigerians Were Better Off Under Buhari Than Tinubu

(Muhammadu Buhari. Photo Credit: Britannica)

Rotimi Amaechi is saying that life is much harder now than it used to be, so people are wishing we could go back to the days of former President Buhari.

Speaking in a television interview on Tuesday, he urged voters to compare their lives under Buhari with their situation today.

He said the dollar stood at about N600 and fuel cost less than N300 when the Buhari government left office.

He said any theft under Buhari was small compared with what he called the current "Alibaba and the 40 thieves."

He also claimed that contractors in his former ministry had been arrested as officials looked for evidence against him, and he said Tinubu chose the coastal road for the benefits it would bring him.

When asked to name one of those benefits, he answered, "Name one."

Amaechi also backed the ADC's plan to bring back the fuel subsidy, saying Buhari was right not to remove it.

He said he had actually urged Buhari to end it at the time.

He said Atiku Abubakar's plan would tie subsidy payments to local production, so only fuel made in Nigeria would be supported, which he argued would encourage refinery investment.