Felix Morka’s statement is a display of political cruelty, not an answer to Nigeria’s problems. A mother’s death and a family’s grief should never be turned into material for partisan ridicule. If Rotimi Amaechi says he struggled to afford his mother’s medication, the humane response is compassion. The political response is to ask why millions of Nigerians are also being priced out of medicines, food and basic necessities.

Morka calls Amaechi a loafer for struggling outside public office. That insult says more about the APC’s contempt for ordinary people than it says about Amaechi. Nigerians who cannot afford treatment, keep the lights on or travel safely on their roads are not loafers. They are citizens living through the consequences of a government that has failed them.

The reality is plain: the roads are bad, the economy is bad, electricity is bad, security is bad, and the welfare of the people is bad. Tinubu’s name is increasingly associated with poverty, insecurity and hardship. No amount of mockery can make those conditions disappear.

Instead of sneering at Amaechi, Morka should explain why Nigerians face dangerous journeys on roads meant to connect communities and support trade. The roads in the East, the region he comes from, are in such a deplorable state that travelling on them feels like taking a route to Lucifer’s kingdom. How many overturned trailers, near-collisions and desperate journeys must Nigerians endure before this government admits that the country’s roads are in crisis?

The APC cannot boast about trillions in public spending while Nigerians lack safe roads, reliable electricity and affordable healthcare. It cannot blame one politician’s personal circumstances for hardship being felt in homes across the country. The test of government is not how viciously its spokesmen can insult their opponents. It is whether people can live safely, afford treatment and earn a decent living. On that test, Tinubu’s government has failed.

Morka owes Nigerians an explanation for the government’s record. They owe Amaechi’s family the respect that grief deserves. And Nigerians owe themselves the resolve to make 2027 a turning point, so that the poverty and insecurity associated with Tinubu’s rule do not become the country’s future.

Signed:
Phrank Shaibu
Director of Strategic Communications
ADC Presidential Campaign Council.
4th October, 2026