​Senate Ministerial Screening: Rotimi Amaechi Is The Hero Of APC Change Victory, The Political Lion Of The Niger-Delta And A Progressive Groomed To Serve Nigeria

Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges’ has presented their report to the Senate for consideration and our amiable and superlative Rotimi Amaechi scaled the hurdle of character assassination and political victimization. He will be screened by the Senate on Tuesday next week.

Amaechi pioneered a political change revolution as a seating PDP governor in Rivers State and was able to convince some other governors to key into the Change mantra of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by working closely with the National Leader of our great party, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu (fondly refer to as the Architect of Nigeria’s modern democracy) and other party leaders to crack the solid walls of the then ruling party, the PDP.

Amaechi’s political swag got “reddish, sophisticated and infectious", championing a course he very well believes will terminate the 16 years misrule of the PDP. He faced acute and virile attacks from left, right and center mainly from the media machinery of the ruling party.

He and other PDP Chieftains who joined the struggle to free Nigeria from socioeconomic slavery occasioned by the reckless and mismanagement of our commonwealth were heavily bombarded by PDP loyalists from across the world. In all of these, Amaechi remained focused, calm and calculated, moved on with the CHANGE message of the progressives.

Amaechi gallantly championed a course that is today referred to as the ‘POLITICAL TSUNAMI” that finally created a deep cut and incurable injury in PDP political might and supremacy, to the extent that the 50 years target of the party to rule Nigeria was messed up by the combined efforts of the Progressives headed by Leader Asiwaju Tinubu on the one hand and sagacious Rotimi Amaechi and his group of the then “New PDP”. It was that tantalizing.

The result is here for us to see and appreciate. Buhari is President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and APC is the ruling party in Nigeria. Kudos to Amaechi and other progressives all over the world.

No doubt, the Amaechi’s scenario will be very interesting by the time he eventually bows and face our distinguished senators. First, the PDP Senators will certainly call for his head because of the roles he played while the New PDP faction of the party stole the minds of vast majority of Nigerians for several months in the political landscape. He will for sure receive battery of questions which may last close to an hour or more. I stand to be corrected.

The second point to be considered is the absolute loyalty of APC Senators who at the moment constitutes majority in the Senate. To this effect, if all APC Senators truly lobby their friends in PDP in favour of Amaechi and our party, what will play out next Tuesday at the screening and confirmation of our political super star Rotimi Amaechi as Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, will portray the 8th Assembly as a team of patriotic country men and women who are desirous of deepening our unity and democracy.

It is a truism that Amaechi deserves to be confirmed today because of the enviable roles he played towards the victory of our party and President Buhari. Majority of Nigerians strongly believe that Amaechi is a forthright democrat who is always on the side of justice and equity. He preached the message of power shifting to the North so as to effectively balance the democratic power sharing equation at a time this nation needed truth and patriotism from all and sundry.

Amaechi also made the Niger-Delta people proud for his sagacity and bravery pointing to show that there are men of honour, integrity and unshakable pedigree in the game of progressive and reasonable politics. He stood his ground and damned the consequences even though the wife of the then President, Dame Patience Jonathan hailed from Rivers State. He fought gallantly for the CHANGE victory which today is turning around the socioeconomic fortunes of our nation for the good of all.

Truly, Amaechi is the political Lion of the Niger-Delta, worthy of emulation by young and upcoming politicians in our country. I see in Amaechi what I also see in President Buhari, Leader Tinubu, Comrade Governor Oshiomole, Chief Ogbonaya Onu, Chief Frank Ovie Kokori, Lai Mohammed and many other strong characters in our great party who took high degree risk to prompt the timely exit of the PDP so as to rebuild our country that suffered monumental socioeconomic and political setbacks for 16 years.

I urge our distinguished and highly respected Senators to do the needful, irrespective of political party affiliations to screen and confirm Rotimi Amaechi as Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria without much ado.

The Author, Dr. Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe is the Director of Strategic Political Communication, APC Rescue Delta Media Group (APC-RDMG). He is a full member of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) and a Human Rights and Political Communication Committee member of the American Political Science Association (APSA) domiciled at New York University, USA). He can be reached via Email: [email protected] or Tel: 08033071816.