Nigerians miss Buhari. Life was higher underneath him – Rotimi Amaechi

Politics

By Linda Ikeji
10 November 2026, 5:56 pm

Former Minister of Transportation and Vice Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rotimi Amaechi, has claimed Nigerians are lacking former President Buhari as a result of life underneath his administration was much better than it’s now.

Amaechi made this assertion whereas talking on Channels Television on Tuesday, November 10.

Amaechi challenged Nigerians to match their lives underneath the 2 administrations. He cited the trade charge, gasoline costs, and alleged corruption, and urged Nigerians to match their lives underneath Buhari with their circumstances at the moment.

“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 mentioned the greenback was about N600 and gasoline value lower than N300 by the point the Buhari administration left workplace, and likewise argued that allegations of stealing underneath Buhari didn’t evaluate with what he mentioned was occurring underneath the present authorities.

“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 requested whether or not a number of the issues the Tinubu administration is attempting to resolve stemmed from choices taken underneath Buhari, citing Buhari’s refusal to take away gasoline subsidy for example, Amaechi authoritatively dismissed the claims.

“Name one,” Amaechi replied