{"id":64873,"date":"2022-05-16T15:25:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T14:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2023-presidency-why-buhari-loves-amaechi-el-rufai"},"modified":"2022-05-16T16:43:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T15:43:57","slug":"2023-presidency-why-buhari-loves-amaechi-el-rufai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-presidency-why-buhari-loves-amaechi-el-rufai","title":{"rendered":"2023 Presidency: Why Buhari loves Amaechi \u2013 El-Rufai"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has disclosed why President Muhammadu Buhari loves Rotimi Amaechi, the outgone Minister of Transportation.<\/p>\n

Rufai disclosed that Buhari loves Amaechi due to his decision to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, during the era of former President Goodluck Jonathan.<\/p>\n

He disclosed this when Amaechi met with APC delegates from Kaduna ahead of the party\u2019s national convention.<\/p>\n

El-Rufai recalled wooing Amaechi and some other governors into the APC during the PDP administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me tell you my history with Amaechi. When we started discussing with the G-7, the seven governors that wanted to defect to the APC, I was holding nocturnal meetings with Amaechi and Governor Nyako of Adamawa State until we got five of them to move to our party, and that was the game-changer.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd for you to understand how difficult it is, imagine Amaechi of Rivers State from the same South-South with incumbent President Jonathan.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe made the sacrifice to move to our party. It was a game-changer. This is part of the reason President Buhari loves Minister Amaechi till tomorrow,\u201d El-Rufai said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has disclosed why President Muhammadu Buhari loves Rotimi Amaechi, the outgone Minister of Transportation. Rufai disclosed that Buhari loves Amaechi due to his decision to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, during the era of former President Goodluck Jonathan. 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