APC Lambasts Buhari’s Ex-Minister Says He Is ‘Leading Participant’ In Plundering Of Nigerian Economy
APC accused Amaechi of stoking violence in Nigeria instead of working to resolve the crisis engulfing Rivers State which he once governed.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused former Rivers State governor and former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi of inciting violence.
The party said this in reaction to calls for protests against fuel price hike by Amaechi.
In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, on Friday, the APC accused Amaechi of stoking violence in Nigeria instead of working to resolve the crisis engulfing Rivers State which he once governed.
“From the lavish comfort of his “proverbial glass house”, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, former Minister of Transport and Governor of Rivers state, in a recent interview, berated Nigerian youth for not protesting “high cost of living” in the country to his morbid satisfaction.”
The party described Amaechi’s comments as insensitive and god-awful.
“Amaechi’s comments are insensitive, god-awful and unpatriotic, coming from one of Nigeria’s longest serving and highest ranking political freeloaders – a two-term Speaker of the Rivers state House of Assembly, a two-term Governor, and a two-term Minister of Transport.”
“For almost all of his adult life, Amaechi, has been a leechy dependant on state resources, a voracious beneficiary of official patronage, and a leading participant in the generational devastation of our country’s economy. Attempting to hoodwink Nigerians into his web of false empathy and incitement to violence is hypocritical, provocative and dangerous.”
The party wondered how Amaechi could not afford to buy diesel after 24 years in governance if those in power do steal money like Amaechi had claimed.
“If those in power “steal money” as Amaechi mischievously alleged, how come he can’t afford “to buy diesel” barely two years after “stealing” for over 24 years in power as Speaker, Governor and Minister?”
“The only real anger that Amaechi and his fellow tribesmen of naysayers of the likes of Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, must feel is that they are not in the saddle of government today.”
“But that was a decision made by Nigeria’s ultimate political authority – the electorate. Nigerians are highly perceptive, discerning, demure, and mindful that economic discomforts associated with the administration’s inevitable reforms are transient and will pale into insignificance in comparison to the enduring transformative dividends which are already beginning to manifest. Nigerians will not be cajoled into taking back through street violence what they handed to the administration through the ballot, as Amaechi and his partisan tribesmen would wish.”
“It is nauseating to think that these naysayer tribesmen who did absolutely nothing to improve the economy or living conditions for Nigerians while they were in office, now pontificate, endlessly, about what and how things should be done but didn’t and couldn’t do while in power.”
“It’s as though they only regain their senses and discover their talents for governance when they are out of power. A tribe of naysayers, is what they are, who never see any good, only gloom, filled with bile and disdain for the determined strides of APC-administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to transform our country’s economy for the benefit of present and future generations of Nigerians.”
The party noted that it would have expected Amaechi to try to resolve the crisis facing Ruvers state instead of “stoking anarchy”
“One would expect Amaechi to keep busy trying to solve the crippling crisis in Rivers state that he once governed. Instead, he has chosen to stoke anarchy on a national scale. Weaponizing protest and exploiting citizen’s economic discomfort for selfish political objective, as these partisan tribesmen are doing, is irresponsible and decidedly unpatriotic.”
The party also urged Nigerians to dismiss the statement by Amaechi.
“We urge Nigerians to dismiss the call to anarchy by Amaechi and his partisan tribesmen and to remain patient and continue to support President Tinubu’s bold effort to transform our country’s economy once and for all.” the statement noted.
There have been controversies since the Tinubu-led administration increased the fuel price to N1030 per litre, after increasing to price to N898 per litre earlier.
