{"id":166509,"date":"2025-06-11T22:32:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T21:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/amaechi-ready-to-challenge-tinubus-leadership"},"modified":"2025-06-11T23:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T22:47:11","slug":"amaechi-ready-to-challenge-tinubus-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/amaechi-ready-to-challenge-tinubus-leadership","title":{"rendered":"Amaechi Ready to Challenge Tinubu&#8217;s Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has accused the President Bola Tinubu-led administration of failing Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>The former governor of Rivers State said he is ready join the coalition that would challenge Tinubu in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Amaechi said he would keep telling the truth to power despite being a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n<p>The former governor disclosed this in an interview with BBC.<\/p>\n<p>He accused Tinubu of worsening the economic hardship in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The former minister also maintained his loyalty to the APC but insisted that being a party member does not mean blind support for the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the government is failing the country, you don\u2019t just go along because you\u2019re in the same party. You know that\u2019s not right,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Amaechi said Nigerians are dying of hunger and he is feeling the effect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are dying. People are starving. I myself am feeling the effects of hunger,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Amaechi is widely believed to be part of the opposition coalition aimed at removing Tinubu from office in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Top leaders of the coalition like former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Governor Nasir El-Rufai, among others, had graced Amaechi\u2019s recent 60th birthday celebration in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>During the occasion, Amaechi, Atiku and El-Rufai accused Tinubu of weaponizing poverty in Nigeria.<\/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. Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has accused the President Bola Tinubu-led administration of failing Nigerians. The former governor of Rivers State said he is ready join the coalition that would challenge Tinubu in 2027. 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