– Rotimi Amaechi is optimistic that President Buhari will be re-elected in 2019
– According to him, some Nigerians are opposed to his re-election because he will not agree to share public funds
– He called on Nigerians to support President Buhari who he said had performed well
The minister of transportation and director-general of Buhari/Osinbajo re-election campaign organisation, Rotimi Amaechi, said some Nigerians are against the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019, because he has refused to share public funds for personal use.
He said this on Saturday, November 3, while presenting a book: “The Niger Delta Paradox: Impoverished in the Midst of Abundance,” written by Monsignor John Wangbu, a Catholic Priest, The Nation reports.
“Why some persons are saying they will not vote for President Buhari next year is because the money available, instead of sharing it, we are working with it for development across Nigeria. If you see a disciplined person like President Buhari, who is saying we cannot continue like this and be sharing money, we need to support him,” the minister said.
Amaechi expressed confidence that the majority of the electorate would vote for President Buhari next year given his “impressive performance” in the last three and a half years.
According to him, Nigeria’s problem was not leadership, but followership. He said emphasis must be placed on accountability and consequences for actions taken/punishment for wrongdoings, in order to sanitise the system and have the hope of a better Nigeria.
Asked about the latest developments in Rivers chapter of the rejection of the list of candidates, Amaechi insisted that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had not rejected the list of APC’s candidates from Rivers state for 2019 polls.
The transportation minister said: “I am not INEC, but does INEC have that power? It is only the court that can say that and there is nothing like that before INEC.”
The well-attended event, which was chaired by the immediate Rivers chairman of APC, Chief Davies Ikanya; also had in attendance the deputy governorship candidate of APC in Rivers, Chief Victor Giadom; the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), Prof Henry Ugboma; a member of Rivers House of Assembly, Dr. Innocent Barikor; and Prof. Walter Ihejirika of UNIPORT, among other eminent personalities.
In an earlier report by TRACK NEWS, the Muhammadu Buhari campaign organisation, called on Nigerians to beware of a body which prides itself as the ‘Buhari Campaign Organisation’ saying it was not mandated by the president.
The Muhammadu Buhari campaign organisation on Friday, November 2, sent the warning to Nigerians in a statement issued by Festus Keyamo, its spokesperson, and received by Legit.ng.
Keyamo said the organisation which does not have the mandate of President Buhari, wrote a letter to the power, works and housing minister, Babatunde Fashola, soliciting for jobs for some companies so as to help meet its financial pressure.
