Former Minister of Transportation and presidential aspirant
on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, Rotimi Amaechi, has stated
that he is more experienced than any presidential aspirant in Nigeria,
especially because he came from a very low background.
Amaechi made the statement when he met with delegates of the
APC in Niger State on Thursday ahead of the party’s primary elections, saying
that he could easily connect with the poor as he used to, and still, eat
‘garri’ three times a day.
The former minister stated that, apart from his vast
experience, having served and delivered as Speaker, Governor, Minister, and
Director-General of two successful presidential campaigns, there existed a
difference between him and other aspirants, a fact that he was a better-experienced
politician and a people-person.
“Another difference between me and them is that I am a
politician, they’re not. The difference is that I can walk to you and I’ll
talk, discuss with you.
He added that his humble background had afforded him the
opportunity to understand the plight of the common person and relate easily
with them.
“I can connect easily with the people. I wasn’t born into a
rich family. My father was a poor man, and the only English my mother knows how
to speak is pidgin English. I ate garri three times a day, and I still eat
garri three times a day till today, so I know poverty”, he said.
He told the people of Niger that he understood their problem
of insecurity therefore he had an idea of the problem bedeviling the state.
“I know what you’re
suffering, I was governor of Rivers State when they were kidnapping two months
old children, and I never slept until everybody slept.
“But in six months, we brought down insecurity in Rivers
State,” Amaechi said.
He opined that now is the time for the people of the North
and all Nigerians to stand by him, as he did for the country when he supported
the emergence of the President Buhari, Muhammadu Buhari,
without looking at whether he was from the North or South.
“When everybody was fighting me, saying ‘he’s supporting a
northern candidate, he’s supporting a Hausa/Fulani candidate,’ I remained
steadfast that I was supporting a Nigerian candidate. Now it’s your turn to,”
he said.
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