The All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticised Rotimi Amaechi, the immediate past Minister of Transportation for encouraging Nigerian youths to protest over the current high cost of living in the country.
Mr Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary in a statement on Friday in Abuja, described Amaechi’s comments as insensitive and unpatriotic, saying he should be disregarded.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Amaechi, also a former Speaker and a two-term governor of Rivers in a recent interview, berated Nigerian youth for not protesting against high cost of living in the country.
“Amaechi’s comments are insensitive, god-awful and unpatriotic, coming from one of Nigeria’s longest serving and highest ranking political freeloaders.
“Attempting to hoodwink Nigerians into his web of false empathy and incitement to violence is hypocritical, provocative and dangerous,”Morka said.
He said Nigerians were highly perceptive, discerning and mindful that the current economic discomforts associated with the President Bola Tinubu-led administration’s inevitable reforms were transient.
