Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Bello Masari, has said the state and country have benefited much from the patriotism doggedness and performance of former Minister of Transportation and Presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.
Masari was speaking when the former minister visited Katsina State, the home State of President Muhammadu Buhari to consult APC delegates on Monday.
He said with Amaechi’s performance and level of development projects put into Katsina State, the state should be the one blowing his trumpet.
“Chibuike Amaechi is a personal friend and indeed a friend in need. We have come a long way. I know him to be a very hardworking person and courageous person…You are not the one to blow your trumpet. I think we are in a better position to blow your trumpet.,” Masari said.
The Governor then outlined the issue of Katsina State to include insecurity, banditry, kidnapping and the burden of rehabilitating displaced people, adding that the people of Katsina would go with a candidate capable of fixing those issues.
Addressing delegates, Amaechi promised to turn the tide of insecurity and poverty around in the country if given the opportunity to be President in 2023.
He said if things don’t change soon, Nigeria may disintegrate to the point where there’s a total divide between the rich and the poor to the detriment of peace and security in the country, offering himself as the right candidate to restore peace and equity to Nigeria.
“If Nigeria does not move back to agriculture and move from agriculture to industrial and manufacturing, the breakup you’ll see is the poor versus the rich. It will not be Muslims versus Christian’s or North versus South. It will be the rich versus the poor. So we must build the Nigerian economy to accommodate the poor. If you don’t accommodate the poor, you will run away.
On insecurity, Amaechi narrated how he fought militancy and kidnapping to a standstill as Governor of Rivers State with the former Chief of Army Staff, Buratai, who was then Brigade Commander in Rivers State and former Inspector General of Police, Abba Suleiman, who was Commissioner of Police of the State at the time as well as former Chief of Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar was then Air Force commander in Rivers.
Amaechi said he has been blessed with leadership over the years and he has performed in every position he has held, noting that his bid to become president is aimed at giving back to the country and the people.
The former minister said he suffered persecution and serious opposition before and after the 2015 election due to his firm belief in one Nigeria which made him worked against some interest to wnsure that President Buhari came into power to salvage the country from the imminent disintegration at the time.
“With that same spirit, if I become president, I’ll be President for every Nigerian. I know you have employed me, I am your servant. For women, I don’t believe in 30 percent, you are equal to men, you must be given equal opportunities.
The presidential Aspirant was accompanied by former Chief of Ary Staff, Rtd Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, former IGP Suleiman among many Senators and eminent personalities from across the country.
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