President Goodluck Jonathan has asked Nigerians to expect the fulfillment of his campaign promises by in 2013.
Jonathan made the promise at the inauguration of the SAB-Millers Brewery, in Onitsha, Anambra State, according to News Agency of Nigeria.
He noted that in spite of the challenges facing the country, the private sector was still making massive progress, noting that the Federal Government would continue to support the private sector Operators and provide infrastructure to assist them.
“I want to commend this company for what it has done; I also want to commend others for what they are doing considering that fact that within this period as a nation, we know we have our challenges.
“But this administration is totally committed to changing things; we have challenges in terms of road infrastructure, power; we have that also in security and others.
“I know all these are major handicaps to the development of industry in the nation; but even under these situations the companies are trying and doing well.
“We promise you that we would change things and make sure that the private sector blossoms in this country because that is the only way we can create jobs.
“Our transformation agenda is going on, in a partnership between government and the private sector; that’s’ why even in our economic management team we have people from the Federal Government; state governors are there, Governors Peter Obi and Murtala Nyako and of course key captains of industry from the private sector.”
“By next year, most of our campaign promises will begin to manifest,” he told his audience at the premises of Intafact Beverages Limited, host of the $100m plant of Sabmiller International Breweries.
Jonathan also noted that Nigeria’s population of 160 million people, 70 per cent of which was made up of the youth, made it an attractive investment destination for investors.
He praised Governor Obi for deploying his private sector experience to attract investment to the state.
“I promise SABMiller breweries investors that they would not regret their investment in the country as young people under the age of 35 constitute 70 percent of the country’s population and we are not under any restrictions to what they could eat or consume.”
Obi, while expressing his excitement at Anambra State joining the league of oil producing states, promised that the people of the state would support and stand with Jonathan having overwhelming voted him in the last elections.
The governor said with the flurry of private sector investments springing up in the state, the state had proved once more that it is the home of Africa’s greatest entrepreneurs.
The Managing Director of Krisoral, Chief Oranu Chidume, had said it was his expectation that the inauguration of the projects would ginger the Federal Government to expedite action on the second Niger Bridge at Onitsha and increase power supply to the city.
The President’s visit however took a toll on economic and business activities in the state, particularly Onitsha, where the markets were closed and movements restricted.
Some of the people, like Chief Sylvester Odife, a traders’ leader wished that the President had come into the state through Enugu Airport by road so that he could experience what people go through on the federal road. Jonathan came into the state by helicopter
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