President Goodluck Jonathan was in Lagos yesterday,
Saturday to attend PDP South-West Unity Rally.
As a caring boss, GEJ stopped at the site of the collapsed
6-storey building belonging the Synagogue Church of All Nations to see things
for himself.
Here under, is a brief piece on the PDP Unity Rally as
reported by the Daily Independent:
He said the journey has started already, thanking the people
of Ekiti State for working tirelessly to return the State to PDP by electing
Ayo Fayose as the governor, just as he urged members of PDP in the zone to vote
massively to return other states to PDP by 2015.
Also speaking, PDP National Chairman, Adamu Mu’Azu expressed
optimism that by 2015, the entire south-west would be back in the party’s fold,
because according to him, notwithstanding that it is in the hands of the
opposition, the PDP still has the largest supporters in the zone.
Jonathan said he was humbled at the party’s consensus
arrangement to reserve its presidential ticket for him, adding that the action
attests to the fact that democracy thrives within the party.
The PDP, he told participants at the South-West unity rally
in the nation’s commercial capital, is living up to its name as a truly
‘peoples democratic party,’ and that the party’s resolve to give him the right
of first refusal meant it has now become more matured.
He thanked party members for the good gesture, and promised
not to disappoint.
Addressing the crowd of PDP supporters at the Tafawa Balewa
Square (TBS), Jonathan expressed appreciation on the contribution of delegates
from the zone to the success of the Constitutional conference at the instance
of his government.
He said the commitment of the zone to the success of the
confab was unquantifiable, against the background that the blueprint of the
conference was offered by a man from the south-west, Senator Femi Okuronmu,
while Professor Bolaji Akinyemi also aided the success as the deputy Chairman
of the confab.
The rally also offered Jonathan and opportunity to list his
achievements such as the construction of new rail lines across the federation,
revival of the oil and gas sector, and enactment of the Local Content Law,
which he said has now empowered more Nigerians doing business within the
sector. He also listed success of his government in the agricultural sector,
noting that the model already developed by the government in the sector has
been attracting the United Nations, China and other countries.
The President also listed improvements in education, Small
and Medium Scale projects, creation of more Jobs, women empowerment,
encouragement of a private sector driven economy and others as part of the
notable achievements his government has attained in the most recent times.
Vice President Namadi Sambo in his address eulogised efforts
by President Jonathan to improve the lot of the south-west zone by citing first
class projects in the zone, stressing the administration’s resolve to site two
brand new power plants in Lagos as well as the construction of the Lekki Deep
sea Port.
He also alluded to the sighting of a Federal University in
Ekiti State, the approval of Lagos-Ibadan rail line as well as the networking
of rail lines in the entire southern states as parts of the goodies the
President has for the south-west zone,
Addressing the crowd, the former Deputy National Chairman of
PDP south-west, Chief Olabode George who spoke on behalf of the PDP Board of
Trustees Chairman said the entire people of South-were more than ready to vote
massively for Jonathan in 2015.
He said the Unity Rally in Lagos was significant, marking as
the first step by the PDP leaders towards re positioning the zone in political
engineering, while uniting all members of the party in the south-west.
Bode George seized the opportunity to intimate President
Jionathan of plans by the south-west leadership caucus about a scheduled
conference of leaders of thought in the south-west zone which also include all
traditional rulers to be held in October.
He said the zone could not afford to look in a different
direction in 2015 given the huge projects the government of President Jonathan
had cited in the zone over the past few years.
Earlier, the governor of Akwa Ibom, Godswill Akpabio enjoined
the people of south-west to vote overwhelmingly for President Jonathan in 2015
as part of a deal for them to enjoy more dividends of democracy in Nigeria.
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