APC appoints Amaechi Presidential campaign Director

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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