2027: Amaechi Pledges Resignation If ADC Fails to Transform Nigeria in One Year

Vice-presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rotimi Amaechi, has vowed to resign if Nigeria fails to begin experiencing significant changes within one year of the party taking office in 2027.

Amaechi made the pledge during an interview on AIT’s Democracy Today on Wednesday, saying an ADC-led government would prioritise security, education and the economy while tackling corruption.

“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.

Amaechi said reducing corruption would be crucial to addressing the country’s challenges, arguing that funds meant for critical sectors were being diverted into private pockets.

“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.

He also criticised the removal of fuel subsidy by the administration of President Bola Tinubu, questioning the benefits Nigerians had received 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.

The ADC candidate further expressed concern about the contrast between widespread poverty and the lavish parties he said he encounters in some parts of the country.

Amaechi said he sometimes spent only a few minutes at such events because he questioned the source of the money being spent amid the level of poverty in the country.

“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, saying the country now imports more than 46 per cent of such products.

“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 pledge came 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.

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