APC appoints Amaechi as Director-General of Presidential Campaign

Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has been named the Director-General of the Presidential Campaign Organization of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with the mandate of leading the party’s efforts to win the 2015 presidential election.

A statement issued by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed said that Amaechi’s choice was informed by his excellent administrative prowess and organizational skills as well as his outstanding reputation as a man of courage, principle, decency and patriotism.

The party thanked Nigerians for their support and prayers toward a successful convention and the emergence of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as running mate to Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.

Part of the statement reads:

“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"
 “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"