Politics
Amaechi declares bid to run for presidency in 2023
Rotimi Ameachi, the Minister of Transportation has formally declared that he is running for the seat of the president in the 2023 general elections.
Amechi made this declaration at a thanksgiving service organised by the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday.
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The service was held at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Igwuruta, near Port Harcourt.
The minister announced that he would run for the presidency of the party to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari.
“I stand before you today to declare my intention and submit my application to serve as your next president,” he said.
Amaechi’s declaration speech was titled, ‘Forward With Courage’.
The former Rivers State Governor continued, “I did not come to this decision lightly, I have served our nation for the last seven years as minister of transportation.
“Eight years before that, I served as governor of Rivers State; in the preceding eight years before that, I was Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly. Within this period, I have also served as the Director-General of President (Muhammadu) Buhari’s campaign organisation twice.
“After more than two decades in the public arena, I had wanted to go on a holiday and spend more time with my family before charting a new course outside politics, but at 56, I am compelled by the urgency of our present challenges to place my experience and proven capacity at the service of the nation at the highest level.”
Amaechi is slated to run for the APC presidential nomination alongside former Lagos State Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi, and Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello.
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