By Ismaila Chafe
Transport minister Rotimi Amaechi has been appointed as Secretary/Director-General of campaign organisation for President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election in 2019.
Buhari approved the appointment on Thursday, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said in Abuja.
Amaechi was the Director-General of the Buhari-Osinbajo Presidential Campaign Committee in 2014 to 2015 that won the elections and brought the current administration into office.
The presidential aide disclosed that the new Director-General would announce other appointments into the campaign structure as approved by the president.
The 53-year-old was the fifth Governor of Rivers State from 2007 to 2015.
He was re-elected for a second term on 26 April 2011.
Amaechi was a member of the People’s Democratic Party before defecting to the All Progressives Congress on 27 November 2013.
A 48-year-old lawyer and Senior Advocate of…
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