Rotimi Amaechi Joins 2023 Presidential Race
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has declared his interest to contest the presidential election in 2023.
He announced on Saturday while addressing a crowd of supporters and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at an event in Port Harcourt.
Amaechi was giving a speech titled, ‘Forward With Courage’ at a thanksgiving service which took place at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in the Rivers State capital.
“Fellow Nigerians, I stand before you today to declare my intention and submit my application to serve as your next president,” he said. “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. With in this period, I have also served as the Director-General of President (Muhammadu) Buhari’s campaign organisation twice.”
According to the minister, his 23 years of service in several capacities have equipped him with great experience in governance and public service.
“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 stated.
