All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Aspirant and former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, has stated that he has the solutions to the challenges bedeviling Nigeria.
Amaechi, who spoke on Thursday, in a meeting with APC delegates in the Benue State, said he is the most capable among all presidential aspirants of the party to emerge winner in the upcoming 2023 elections.
He said with his leadership experience, he would boost the economy of the country, as he did during his time as Rivers Governor.
According to him, “When I became Rivers Governor, there were only two hundred doctors in the state, but by the time I was leaving, there were six hundred doctors. Doctors didn’t have cars, by the time I was leaving I had bought six hundred cars for six hundred doctors.
“By the time I left as the Governor I had employed 13,200 teachers and we did not employ Rivers people alone, we employed Nigerians. We did that because we needed to create an alternative to crime. The moment we fixed the economy, it gave people the opportunity to find productive work.
“Roads were constructed, we built flyovers, we gave scholarships to poor people’s children to study overseas and we gave each local government area twenty percent and non-indegenes got twenty percent too. The next thing we did was to arm the Police and the Army and we equipped them and we fought the criminals. I am telling you this story because I told you that I am tested and trusted. So, vote for me because I am the most qualified.”
On behalf of the Benue state APC delegates, Hon. Austin Agada pledged total support of the delegates to Amaechi at the forthcoming presidential primary.
He said, “Benue people ordinarily like a bold person, a fighter, someone that has what it takes to bring a new dimension as far as leadership is concerned. So, you are an attraction to the Benue people and that supports the fact that while you were in those travails, you fought for justice for Nigerians.
“We want you to know that Benue State is for you and that under your watch, your leadership as the then Director-General of President Buhari’s Campaign Team, you did all you could to showcase a new kind of leadership for Nigerians. You have proven to Nigerians the stuff you are made of.”
