The Rivers Progressives Front, a body of senior politicians and
professionals in Rivers State, has commended President
Muhammadu Buhari for nominating the state former Governor,
Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, as a minister.

The group, in a statement by its Leader, Mr. Sotonye Ijuye-
Dagogo, in Abuja on Tuesday, said the nomination was “an
eloquent statement by Mr. President that the change that
Nigerians voted for has come to stay.”

The statement said, “The nomination of former Governor
Amaechi among other tested progressive leaders is an eloquent
statement by Mr. President that the change that Nigerians voted
for has come to stay.

“It is a bold and unmistakable statement that Mr. President is
very clear about his mission to reposition our great country,
Nigeria. It is a statement that puts to shame professional
blackmailers and smear campaigners.

“The Rivers Progressives Front hereby wholly endorses and
expresses total support for Amaechi, the Lion of Niger Delta
politics and a leader of the commonsense revolution.”

Ijuye-Dagogo urged the Senate to approve the nomination of the
former governor, who he said, had engraved his name among
the best governors that Nigeria “has and will ever produce.”

“The Senate is called upon to put Nigeria first in this
assignment,” he added.