Former Minister of Transportation and vice-presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rotimi Amaechi, has attributed his mother’s death to the economic policies of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Amaechi made the claim during an interview on Channels Television’s *Politics Today* on Friday, stating that the skyrocketing cost of medication under the current government severely hindered his family’s ability to manage her care.
He argued that the crisis extends beyond his household, leaving millions of ordinary Nigerians unable to afford basic healthcare.
“Policies are killing people. I’ve lost my mother,” Amaechi said. “Why do you think my mother couldn’t live up to 92? Tinubu was the reason. Before Tinubu, my mother was healthy. Suddenly, by the time Tinubu came, it was difficult to buy drugs for my mother.”
He added: “There are so many persons whose parents have died, and who themselves are about to die. Following the subsidy removal, the NBS reported that we spent N200 billion importing drugs last quarter alone, with 40 percent of finished goods being imported.”
Amaechi has remained a vocal critic of the Tinubu administration, consistently faulting its economic reforms, including the removal of the petrol subsidy.
