POLITICS: Again, Buhari Names Amaechi As Campaign DG

Again, Buhari Names Amaechi As Campaign DG

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Ahead of the 2019 Presidential bid, President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, 20th September, 2018 approved the appointment of Mr. Rotimi Amaechi as the Director General (DG) of his 2019 re-election campaign organization.

 

 

It would be recalled that Mr. Amaechi was equally the DG of the Buhari-Osinbajo 2015 Campaign Organisation that saw to his (Buhari's) emergence as the Nigeria's democratically elected president.

A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi will serve as Secretary/Director General.

The new Director General, according to the statement, “will announce other appointments into the campaign structure as approved by President Buhari”

It's noteworthy that President Buhari is the sole candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC).

Mr. Amaechi is currently serving as Minister of Transportation in the current administration.

The President had boasted that he is fully prepared to seek re-election for the office of the President come 2019.