African Democratic Congress, ADC vice-presidential candidate, Rotimi Amaechi, has challenged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over economic policies, vowing to abandon party ticket and campaign for Tinubu if price of petrol drops to N600 per litre.
Amaechi issued challenge during interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, reacting to President Tinubu’s Independence Day declaration that Nigeria has entered “age of prosperity.”
Questioning credibility of administration’s claims, Amaechi argued everyday citizens continue to face crushing economic reality.
“It is about believability; who do you believe? Go to 2005 Presidential speech; it is same: we have turned page, and we are about to start enjoyment.
“Have you asked one of your staff who goes by transport, how much it costs from Yanya to Abuja? Has anything come down? Has any price come down, has anything changed?” he asked.
Proposing direct test of administration’s claims, Amaechi stated he would personally visit petrol station to verify pump prices, offering to withdraw from ADC ticket alongside presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar if retail costs have genuinely fallen.
“I will go tomorrow morning to petrol station to buy fuel, I will go myself, if fuel has come down to 600, I will campaign for President Tinubu,” he said.
“If you doubt me, come with your camera to my house, and I will go to filling station and buy fuel, and I, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi will withdraw as vice-presidential candidate of Atiku and campaign for President Tinubu, if it has come down.”
