Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said he’s more qualified than the other aspirants jostling for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
He said his time in government and the fact that he led a campaign that removed the Peoples Democratic Party from power is enough credential for his presidential ambition.
Amaechi said this while speaking at the palace of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, in Ile Ife Osun State, on Monday.
He said, “If you look at my history, among all of us in APC, including PDP, with all due respect to them, I happen to be one with more precedence. 8 years as Speaker, 8 years as Governor, 7 years as Minister, the first Director General of a campaign to lead a fight of the removal of a government in power.
“With that experience comes the fact that the greatest and the most difficult thing for anybody in government is to lead among equals. If you don’t lead properly, they’ll remove you.
“I’ve led my equals twice, as Chairman of the Conference of Speakers and as Chairman of Governors’ Forum, which was very turbulent when there was a sharp disagreement between the governors and the then President. So, I’m experienced enough to manage the country at this difficult time.”
