Amaechi: I’ll Resign If Nigeria Fails to Change Within One Year
Vice-presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rotimi Amaechi, has vowed to resign from office if Nigerians fail to witness significant changes within one year of the party assuming power in 2027.
Amaechi made the pledge during an interview on AIT’s Democracy Today on Wednesday, where he outlined security, education and economic development as key priorities of an ADC administration.
He said tackling corruption would be critical to addressing the country’s challenges, arguing that funds allocated to critical sectors were being diverted into private pockets.
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“We must deal with three things. We must deal with security; we must deal with education; we must deal with the economy. And to do all that, corruption will have to come down because there’s no money for anybody to steal,” Amaechi said.
The ADC vice-presidential candidate also criticised the removal of fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu’s administration, questioning the benefits Nigerians had derived from the policy.
“President Tinubu remove subsidy, what are the benefits of subsidy? Subsidy money is in private pockets and they are celebrating,” he said.
Amaechi further expressed concern over the contrast between widespread poverty and what he described as lavish parties in some parts of the country.
He said he sometimes spent only a few minutes at such events because he questioned the source of the money being spent, given the level of poverty in Nigeria.
“I sit down and ask myself, where are these people getting this money from, going by how high poverty is in Nigeria?” he said.
On the economy, Amaechi claimed that Nigeria was heavily dependent on imported finished goods, alleging that the country now imports more than 46 per cent of such goods.
“Who are those importing? Nigeria is in trouble,” he said.
Amaechi also referred to reports of Nigerians booing President Tinubu during his arrival at the Lagos International Airport, saying an ADC administration would change the situation.
“I watched people hoot at Tinubu from the Lagos International Airport to his house. If we become President, nobody will do that, they will be clapping for us because we will change Nigeria,” he said.
His one-year pledge comes shortly after Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, said President Tinubu should remove him from office if he fails to deliver the FCT to the President in the 2027 election.
Amaechi, however, said he was prepared to stake his own position on the performance of an ADC government.
“This time, I will say it. If Nigeria does not begin to change one year after we’ve come to office, come to me, I will resign,” he said.
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