Former Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, has expressed his dissatisfaction over the state of the nation, saying what Nigerians are going through today “is worse than what happened during military rule”.
Amaechi, who was Speaker (eight years) and Governor (eight years) of Rivers State, spoke in Lagos at the exaugural lecture and book launch of former Editor of The Punch, Dayo Oketola.
Amaechi who is a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), contested for the presidential ticket of the party but lost to Bola Tinubu.
He said: “You don’t call politicians to talk because they will spoil the occasion”.
Referring to previous statements made by some media professionals at the event recounting their experiences during military rule, Amaechi said: “I heard some journalists say ‘we lived in the trenches’. Which trenches? During the military regime? Is that time worse than now?”