WE’D HAVE CHALLENGED TINUBU HEAD-ON IF STILL GOVERNORS – AMAECHI
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By Oduola F.A.
A former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that he and former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, would have confronted President Bola Tinubu on the state of the nation if they were still in office as governors.
Amaechi made the remark on Tuesday in Abuja during the public presentation of Lamido’s autobiography titled Being True to Myself.
Amaechi, who is also a former Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, said their era was marked by bold opposition and a commitment to holding the Federal Government accountable.
He said, “I asked you (Lamido) this morning, what is going on currently in the country, in Nigerian politics — would it have happened when we were governors? You said no. And the answer is no.
“We would have confronted the government, confronted the president. That’s how radical you were. That’s how our Governors Forum operated. That’s how determined we were to change things.”
Amaechi also reflected on his political relationship with Lamido, noting that they were allies in government.
The former minister, however, said their paths diverged over strategy in opposing then-President Goodluck Jonathan.
“We were quite good friends in government. We had our bad times when we disagreed. I made the mistake of assuming he was as radical as I was. So, he was one of the governors I clung to when it came to radical decisions.
“The last one before we broke ranks was when we all agreed to go against President Jonathan. We formed a committee of governors and others. At the end of the day, he went to find a new party, the SDP. We said, ‘If we go to the SDP, we will lose the election. Let’s hang on to this one called the APC.’ He disagreed and left us. That’s where we parted ways,” he said.
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