Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi has been
announced as the Director General of APC's
Presidential campaign. His appointment is
contained in a statement released by the National
Secretary of the party today December 18th. See
the full text of the appointment letter below..
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has
named Gov. Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State
as the Director-General of the APC
Presidential Campaign Organization, which
will drive the party’s efforts to win the 2015
presidential election.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its
National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the
party said the announcement followed the hugely
successful convention at which its presidential
candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, was
democratically elected, and the follow-up
successful choice of his running mate, Prof. Yemi
Osinbajo, SAN.
It said Gov. Amaechi’s outstanding reputation as a
man of courage, principle, strength of character,
decency and love of country, as well as his
administrative prowess and organizational skills
combined to fetch him perhaps the most important
task in the quest for positive change in Nigeria.
APC thanked Nigerians for their support and
prayers toward the success of the convention, the
emergence of Gen. Buhari as the APC presidential
candidate and the choice of Prof. Osinbajo as his
running mate.
The party said it believed it had lived to its
promise to Nigerians to ensure that the choice of
its presidential running mate would be made within
the context of the best democratic ideals,
considering the enormously-positive reactions
from the general public to the choice of Prof.
Osinbajo.
”With a presidential candidate that has rekindled
the hopes of the citizenry and revived their belief
in democratic ideals, we believe we must also
choose a running mate that will complement the
sterling qualities of the presidential candidate. We
must confess that the choice was a tough one,
considering the array of eminently-qualified and
outstanding candidates that we had to choose
from.
”Yes, we were spoilt for choice but, in the end, we
picked as running mate a man whose pedigree,
nationally, sub-regionally, regionally and globally,
attests to the fact that our party, the APC, is a
repository of high quality leadership materials,
and that our country, Nigeria, has no shortage of
the very best human resources,” it said.
APC said whether in the academic, legal or
ecclesial world, Prof. Osinbajo stands much taller
than his physical frame, and serves as a good
accompaniment to our presidential candidate,
himself a man of such rare sterling qualities that
have stood the test of time, qualities that are
now so sorely lacking in our country’s leadership.
”Our presidential running mate is an award-
winning professor of law, a legal luminary, a
gentleman, a much-sought-after public speaker, a
tested administrator, an author and a man of
great ecclesiastical standing.
”Educated in Nigeria and the UK, Prof. Osinbajo is
a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of
Nigeria, who has served in many organizations and
professional bodies in Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
and the United Nations. He has authored or edited
over a dozen publications, has taught and
practised law at the high levels, and has served on
the Editorial Boards of learned publications and
non-legal publications, in addition to publishing
many articles in learned journals.
”Now that we have presented Nigerians with the
best possible choices for the exalted positions of
President and Vice President, we expect that
citizens, who have been yearning for quality
leadership, will use their voting power to put
Nigeria firmly on the path of greatness. A
country seeking to be among the greats in the
comity of nations cannot afford to have a
mediocre leadership,” the party said.
Lai Mohammed
National Publicity Secretary
All Progressives Congress (APC)
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