{"id":165194,"date":"2025-06-01T21:52:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T20:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/youre-complaining-after-spending-23-years-in-govt"},"modified":"2025-06-01T22:59:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T21:59:15","slug":"youre-complaining-after-spending-23-years-in-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/youre-complaining-after-spending-23-years-in-govt","title":{"rendered":"You\u2019re complaining after spending 23 years in govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Lere Olayinka, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Sunday berated ex-Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, over his latest comments against the Nigerian government.<\/p>\n<p>Olayinka said Amaechi should be ashamed of himself for complaining after spending 23 years in government.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on X, Olayinka recalled the number of years Amaechi has spent in government.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote: \u201cAfter spending 23 years in government, Rotimi Amaechi is still blaming the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c8 years as Speaker, 8 years as governor, and 7 years as Minister.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome people sha no get shame.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince 1999, Rotimi Amaechi has only been out of Govt for just TWO YEARS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRotimi Amaechi said he is hungry, and you are supporting him because you don\u2019t like those in govt now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His comment comes after the former minister disclosed that he and most Nigerians are hungry.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the celebration of his 60th birthday in Abuja, Amaechi said the opposition coalition has the capacity to remove President Bola Tinubu from power.<\/p>\n<p>Amaechi also claimed that Nigerian politicians quarrel over sharing of the country\u2019s resources.<\/p>\n<p>He said there are no ideas among Nigerian politicians, hence the fight over sharing of resources.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Lere Olayinka, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Sunday berated ex-Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, over his latest comments against the Nigerian government. 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