2023: APC must respect its zoning principles — Amaechi

TRACKING____Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation, has supported the call for the All Progressives Congress (APC) to respect its zoning the principles when picking its candidate for the 2023 presidential election. Daily Times reports.

On Tuesday Minister of Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola encouraged the party to respect its zoning formula in picking a presidential candidate. He described the decision as to the core of the agreement reached by APC founding fathers, prior to the 2015 elections.

Amaechi said zoning should be respected as agreed by the party. He also said in an interview with Channels Television that he agreed with the submission of his counterpart in the Ministry of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola.

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The transportation minister, Rotimi Amaechi dismissed the social media claims that one of the coaches broke down at 2am, saying that trains don’t operate during that period. He also refused to the answer the question relating if he would contest for the 2023 presidential election or in the future.

He said he was focusing on the job of his ministry as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari.

He also added that borrowing would aid the nation to quickly exit from the recession, adding that the more you borrow, the buoyancy the economy

According to him, the major priority of President Buhari is to reduce poverty in the country. He said Hunger and Poverty were breeding insecurity.

“People cannot go to the farm because of bandits,” he said