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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)