Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has stated that Nigerians enjoyed better living conditions during the administration of late President Muhammadu Buhari than under the current government.
Amaechi made the remark while speaking at the ongoing electoral reform protest at the National Assembly in Abuja, tagged “Occupy the National Assembly.”
The protest drew a large crowd of young Nigerians demanding credible elections and greater democratic accountability.
According to Amaechi, the standard of living has worsened significantly under the present administration.
He questioned whether life is easier for Nigerians now compared to when he was still part of the All Progressives Congress (APC), insisting that conditions were better during Buhari’s tenure, even at a time when fuel subsidy removal was being considered.
“Is life easier now than when I was in the APC? Life is worse now than during the time of former President Buhari, even though we were planning to remove subsidy,” he said.
Amaechi explained that his presence at the protest was motivated by the demand for real-time electronic transmission of election results, a proposal that has generated public outrage following the Senate’s rejection of it in the ongoing electoral reform process.
