President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, pleaded with
Nigerians to vote him in for a second term on account of his achievements in
the last six years.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, while
inaugurating the Goodluck/Sambo 2015 Presidential Campaign Organisation, PCO,
at the PDP Presidential Campaign office, Legacy House, Maitama, Abuja promised
to unfold to Nigerians what his government has done in the last couple of years
that presidents and heads of state before him could not achieve.
Jonathan promised to expose the failings of his predecessors
including Buhari, which stunted the country’s growth and development.
Former Military President, Ibrahim Babangida had described
his government as saintly compared to successive administrations in terms of
prevalence of corruption, just as former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on
Monday, took a swipe at President Jonathan, accusing him among other things of
squandering $55 billion crude oil savings left behind by his Administration.
President Jonathan, who noted that his administration has
performed more than the previous ones with the nation’s economy as the largest
in Africa, said: “When we start campaigns, we will confront them with what we
have done as a government, we will tell them what they did not do when they
were heads of state. Some people want to still keep these children as shoe
cleaners, we must lift them up. Our children should not be used as cannon
folders. They should be allowed to move forward to be governors like us.
“We have everything it takes to run an excellent and
victorious campaign. Our great party has demonstrated to Nigerians that it is
the party with the broadest appeal. We are the strongest and the biggest. We
have engaged the people of Nigeria positively with people-friendly policies,
which have moved Nigeria forward.”
He continued: “We have sustained the democratic tradition.
We have strengthened democratic institutions. We inherited a rather complex
security challenge but we are waging a determined war against it. We are
succeeding in preventing terrorists and insurgents from turning more of our
communities into enclaves for their dastardly activities.
CAMPAIGNS—Above: President Goodluck Jonathan being received
by Vice President Namadi Sambo, while the PDP National Chairman, Adamu Mu'azu
(2r); Chief Tony Anenih (3l); Senator David Mark and Alhaji Ahmadu Ali (l)
watch as the President arrived to inaugurate his campaign committee at the
National Presidential Campaign Headquarters, Legacy House, Abuja, yesterday.
“We remain fully committed to further empowering the
security agencies to enable them win the war against terror. We have proven to
the people that we are a party and a team that they can rely upon.(VANGUARD)
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