{
  "id": 11642422,
  "title": "Amaechi: How Tinubu’s policies contributed to my mother’s death",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/amaechi-how-tinubus-policies-contributed-to-my-mothers-death",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-03T07:49:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/amaechi-how-tinubus-policies-contributed-to-my-mothers-death/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has claimed that the economic policies of President Bola Tinubu's administration played a role in his mother's death. Amaechi, who is the vice-presidential candidate for the African Democratic Congress, discussed this allegation in an interview on Channels Television's Politics Today. He stated that his mother was in good health prior to Tinubu's administration, but the increasing cost of medicine made it challenging for the family to afford necessary healthcare. Amaechi further argued that the economic downturn, which impacts the accessibility of medicines, affected many Nigerians. \"Because policies are killing people. I’ve lost my mother. You want me to mention my friends who are 90 or 92 years old? Why do you think my mother couldn’t live up to 92? Tinubu was the reason,\" he said.",
  "summary": "Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has alleged that the economic policies of President Bola Tinubu’s administration contributed to the death of his mother. Amaechi, who is the vice-presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), made the allegation during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, aired on Friday. The former minister said his […]",
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  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "‘Tinubu policies killed my mother- Rotimi Amaechi",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/tinubu-policies-killed-my-mother-rotimi-amaechi",
        "published": "2026-10-02T21:09:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "This Day",
        "title": "Tinubu’s Policies Killed My Mother, Rotimi Amaechi Alleges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/tinubus-policies-killed-my-mother-rotimi-amaechi-alleges",
        "published": "2026-10-03T01:36:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}