{"id":96851,"date":"2026-04-18T13:35:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T13:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kobocompass.com\/?p=96851"},"modified":"2026-04-18T13:35:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T13:35:37","slug":"i-understand-nigerias-problem-can-solve-it-amaechi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kobocompass.com\/?p=96851","title":{"rendered":"I Understand Nigeria\u2019s Problem, Can Solve It \u2014 Amaechi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says his track record in governance and infrastructure development proves he can address Nigeria\u2019s challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amaechi, who appeared on Channels Television\u2019s The Morning Brief programme on Friday, described himself as a \u201cNigerian candidate,\u201d emphasising that he is not driven by ethnic considerations but by a commitment to solving Nigeria\u2019s problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t care who else is running. I\u2019m running because I\u2019m a Nigerian candidate. Because I know the Nigerian problem. And I can solve the Nigerian problem,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The African Democratic Congress chieftain highlighted his role in delivering key projects, including the Abuja\u2013Kaduna and Lagos\u2013Ibadan rail lines, as well as the Lekki Deep Sea Port.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former Rivers State governor also claimed success in tackling insecurity while in office, arguing that his experience sets him apart from other candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amaechi defended his service under former President Muhammadu Buhari, stating that the administration outperformed the current government led by President Bola Tinubu.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says his track record in governance and infrastructure development proves he can address Nigeria\u2019s challenges. Amaechi, who appeared on Channels Television\u2019s The Morning Brief programme on Friday, described himself as a \u201cNigerian candidate,\u201d emphasising that he is not driven by ethnic considerations but by a commitment to solving Nigeria\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":96852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-96851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-example-1"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kobocompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kobocompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kobocompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kobocompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kobocompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kobocompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96853,"href":"https:\/\/kobocompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96851\/revisions\/96853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kobocompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/96852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kobocompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kobocompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kobocompass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}