Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a campaign organisation for his re-election in 2019, with Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi as Secretary/Director-General.
A statement issued by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Thursday disclosed this.
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. (NAN)
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