Former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi has blamed President Bola Tinubu’s administration for policies he said made it harder for his family to care for his mother before her death.
Amaechi, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) vice-presidential candidate, made the claim during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today aired on Friday.
He said the rising cost of medicines under Tinubu made it difficult to buy drugs for his mother, who he said had been healthy before the president took office.
“Because policies are killing people. I’ve lost my mother,” he said.
“You want me to mention my friends who are 90 or 92 years old? Why do you think my mother couldn’t live up to 92? Tinubu was the reason. Before Tinubu, my mother was healthy.
“Before Tinubu, my mother was healthy. Suddenly, by the time Tinubu came, it was difficult to buy drugs for my mother. I know most of you won’t believe this.
“But the point I’m making is that there are so many persons whose parents have died who themselves are about to die, because by Tinubu’s removal, the NBS said last quarter, we spent N200 billion importing drugs. Forty percent of finished goods are imported.”
Amaechi has also criticised Tinubu’s economic policies, including petrol subsidy removal.
On Wednesday, he said he would resign if Nigeria did not begin to change within one year of an ADC government taking office.
“If Nigeria does not begin to change, one year after we have come to office, come to me, I will resign,” he had said.
“One year after? Yes, if Nigeria does not begin to change. I didn’t say Nigeria must change or that everything must change. But even if you feel the change, you have a breath of fresh air.”
