| 词条 | Rotimi Amaechi |
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| name =Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi | image =Chibuike Amaechi (cropped).jpg | caption = | office =Minister of Transportation | term_start =November 11, 2015 | term_end = | deputy = | predecessor =Idris Umar |successor = | office1 =5th Governor of Rivers State | term_start1 =October 2007 | term_end1 =May 2015 | birth_name =Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi | birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1965|5|27|df=y}} | birth_place =Ubima Town, Ikwerre LGA, Rivers State, Nigeria | death_date = | death_place = | nationality =Nigerian | party =All Progressive Congress (APC) | spouse =Judith Amaechi | children = | residence =Port Harcourt[1] | alma_mater =University of Port Harcourt 1983–87 (BA, English) | occupation =Politician | profession =Politician | website = | footnotes = |deputy1 = Tele Ikuru|predecessor1 = Celestine Omehia|successor1 = Ezenwo Nyesom Wike}} Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi (born 27 May 1965) is a Nigerian politician who served as the fifth Governor of Rivers State from 2007 to 2015. He was re-elected for a second term on 26 April 2011. Amaechi was a member of the People's Democratic Party before defecting to the All Progressives Congress on 27 November 2013. He is now a serving Federal Minister of Transportation. He is also the director general of Buhari reelection campaign. Early life and educationAmaechi was born in Ubima, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State to the family of late Elder Fidelis Amaechi and Mrs Mary Amaechi. His first and last names are Igbo meaning “God is strength or power” and “who knows tomorrow” respectively.[2][3] He was raised in Diobu, a densely populated neighbourhood in Port Harcourt,[4][5] and had his early education at St Theresa's Primary School from 1970 to 1976. He earned his West African Senior School Certificate in 1982 after attending Government Secondary School Okolobiri. Chibuike received a Bachelor of Arts degree (Honours) in English Studies and Literature from the University of Port Harcourt in 1987, where he was the President of the National Union of Rivers State Students (NURSS). He completed the mandatory National Youth Service corps in 1988. He thereafter joined the Services of Pamo Clinics and Hospitals Limited owned by Peter Odili, the former Governor of Rivers State where he worked until 1992. He is married to Judith Amaechi and they have three boys. Early political careerAmaechi first office in politics was as Secretary of the now defunct National Republican Convention in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. Between 1992 and 1994, he was Special Assistant to the Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Sir (Dr.) Peter Odili, and also a member of the Board of West Africa Glass Industry as well as Risonpalm Nigeria Limited. Dr. Peter Odili believed in him as a young man with potential in politics, and adopted him as a political son, guiding and nurturing him in politics, and consequently facilitating his election into the Rivers State House of Assembly in 1999. This relationship between him and Odili translated into a harmonious relationship between the Executive and Legislative arms of government in Rivers State, until when Rotimi Amaechi launched a campaign against the State Government, and verbally attacked the image of the State Governor, in an effort to succeed Peter Odili as governor in 2007. He was the Rivers State's Secretary of the Democratic Party of Nigeria (DPN) caretaker committee after in 1996 during the transition programme of General Sanni Abacha junta.[6] Speaker (Rivers State House of Assembly) 1999-2007{{further|4th Rivers State House of Assembly|5th Rivers State House of Assembly}}In 1999, he contested and won a seat to become a member of the Rivers State House of Assembly to represent his constituency. He was subsequently elected as the Speaker of the House of Assembly. Amaechi was elected the Chairman of Nigeria's Conference of Speakers of State Assemblies. He was reelected into the State House of Assembly in May 2003 and was also re-elected as the Speaker. In 2003 when the National Assembly moved to hijack the legislative functions of the State house of Assembly as enshrined in the constitution, he and his colleagues took the matter to Nigeria's supreme court and the court gave a judgment that the control and supervision of local government is the prerogative of the State House of Assembly. GovernorshipHe contested and won the People's Democratic Party primary for Rivers State Governor in 2007. His name was substituted by the party, an action which he challenged in court. The case eventually got to the Supreme Court. He became governor on October 26, 2007, after the Supreme Court ruled that he was the rightful candidate of the PDP and winner of the April 2007 Governorship election in Rivers State. He was reelected for a second term of four years in April 2011. His administration invested in infrastructure development, construction of roads and bridges, sticking to the vision of connecting all parts of the state by road. The governor was also committed to urban renewal and modernization of transportation services. His administration began building a monorail to provide mass transportation within the city of Port Harcourt.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} Some power plant projects (Afam, Trans Amadi, Onne) were also built to improve power supply in the State.[7] Chibuike Amaechi holds the national honour of the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON). He is a Christian Catholic and a Knight of St. Johns. See also{{portal|Port Harcourt}}
References1. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.punchng.com/news/naabba-turaki-others-may-replace-sacked-ministers/|title=Police block Amaechi from entering Rivers Govt House|last=Akasike|first=Chukwudi|publisher=The Punch|date=13 September 2013|accessdate=25 May 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526000812/http://www.punchng.com/news/naabba-turaki-others-may-replace-sacked-ministers/|archivedate=26 May 2014|df=}} 2. ^{{cite book|last=Ukpong|first=Michael|url=|title=Igbo Culture and Gospel|date=11 December 2015|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster|page=115|location=|isbn=3643905297}} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Okoroike|first=Columbus|url=|title=Igbos of Nigeria and Their Cultural Ways:Aspects of Behavior, Attitudes, Customs, Language and Social Life|date=2009|publisher=iUniverse|page=171|location=|isbn=0595621406}} 4. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/11/the-story-of-port-harcourt-city/| title=The story of Port Harcourt city|last=|first=| date=18 November 2013|work=Vanguardngr.com| publisher=Vanguard Media|accessdate=25 May 2014}} 5. ^{{cite news|url=http://dailyindependentnig.com/2013/10/2015-and-rivers-banana-politics/|title=2015 and Rivers’ banana politics|last=Abia|first=Daniel|publisher=Daily Independent|date=|accessdate=2014-05-25|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525195943/http://dailyindependentnig.com/2013/10/2015-and-rivers-banana-politics/|archivedate=2014-05-25|df=}} 6. ^{{cite web |last1=Admin |title=#OBFocus! Rotimi Amaechi- Honorable Minister for Transportation, Federal Republic of Nigeria |url=http://onobello.com/obfocus-rotimi-amaechi-honorable-minister-for-transportation-federal-republic-of-nigeria/ |website=Onebello |accessdate=28 January 2019}} 7. ^{{cite web |last1=Edozie |first1=Victor |title=Rivers’ Multi-billion Naira Power Project Rots Away |url=https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/rivers-multi-billion-naira-power-project-rots-away-261008.html |website=Daily Trust |accessdate=28 January 2019}} External links
|url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90777/90855/7365455.html |title=Ruling party leads in Nigerian governorship elections |work=People's Daily |date=April 29, 2011 |accessdate=2011-04-29}}{{RiversStateGovernors}}{{Nigerian state governors 2007-2011 term}}{{Nigerian state governors 2011-2015 term}}{{Rivers State People's Democratic Party}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Amaechi, Rotimi}} 12 : Living people|1965 births|Governors of Rivers State|People from Ikwerre (local government area)|Rivers State People's Democratic Party politicians|University of Port Harcourt alumni|People from Diobu, Port Harcourt|All Progressives Congress politicians|People's Democratic Party state governors of Nigeria|Speakers of the Rivers State House of Assembly|Ikwerre people|Nigerian Christians |
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