CHAIRMAN, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih, has said President Goodluck Jonathan remains the best presidential material in the contest of February 14.
Chief Anenih, in a statement on Wednesday, said the achievements recorded by Jonathan across the states would made him to win the election convincingly.
“Fellow compatriots across Nigeria, with your support and a renewed mandate at the polls, ensure the re-election of President Jonathan, who is the best candidate in the forthcoming presidential election,” Chief Anenih said, adding that PDP would redouble its efforts in tackling Boko Haram and other vices after re-election.
The statement read in part: “It is a matter of verifiable fact that the PDP, besides faithfully discharging its foremost duty to Nigeria in sustaining a stable, functional state, has recorded many achievements in agriculture, aviation, education, roads, railways, industrialisation, women and youth empowerment and many other areas. At the same time, I readily concede that we need to build more on what we’ve already begun.
“Indeed, it is precisely because we need to build more on what we’ve already done that we seek the support and mandate of Nigerians from the North, South, East and West to, once again, vote President Goodluck Jonathan for a second term in office and the PDP, in order to keep moving Nigeria forward in unity.
“In the heat of this campaign period, it is easy for significant accomplishments recorded by the President Jonathan-led PDP government to go unremarked. For instance, very few speak about the revolution in Almajiri education in the North, brought about by President Jonathan, which has so far seen the completion and commencement of more than 150 purpose-built schools integrating Almajiris into the regular education scheme. Many more of these schools are under construction.
“Additionally, even fewer people speak about how President Jonathan has completed the dredging of the lower River Niger from Baro in Niger State to Warri in Delta State. Indeed, over 6.7 million passengers and over 1.6 million tonnes of cargo have been moved through this channel in less than three years, proving that Nigerians from the North and South are travelling and trading with one another and we should stand together to ensure that we keep our country moving forward in unity.
“Lest we forget, fellow Nigerians, let me remind us that the PDP has successfully carried out a strategic restructuring of what was largely a state-run economy to a free-market economy, thereby engendering greater human development, free enterprise and irreversible economic expansion.
“These policies have created new jobs and empowered Nigerians from the North, South, East and West, thereby fostering more inclusive economic growth, especially in agriculture and the Small and Medium Enterprises sector through programmes such as SURE-P and YouWin.
“It is a universally-acknowledged principle that inclusive economic growth for the populace is the best guarantee that we have not only for our political and democratic stability, but also in ensuring that Nigeria keeps moving forward in unity.”
Source: Tribune
