Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, has formally declared his interest in the 2023 presidential race.
Amaechi made his intention known in Port Harcourt on Saturday at a Thanksgiving service organised by the Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress.
“I stand before you today to declare my intention and submit my application to serve as your next president,” he announced.
Amaechi told his audience that his experience in governance spans over 23 years and that he has an understanding of Nigeria’s needs now.
“I have titled this message, Forward with Courage. Fellow Nigerians, I stand before you today to declare my intention to contest. I stand here to submit my application to serve as the next President of our nation.”
Amaechi, a former governor of Rivers State, swells the rank of southern APC contenders for the top job. He is the first from the South South region.
Those who have already declared their intentions to run for the presidency on the APC ticket are Bola Tinubu, representing the South-West; three from the South East: Orji Uzor Kalu, Rochas Okorocha, Dave Umahi, and Yahaya Bello, from the North-Central.
