Former governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi has urged the electorate to vote President Goodluck Jonathan in the upcoming March 28 election for the sake of the nation’s unity and progress.
He made this call while addressing a congregation at the Pope John Paul 11 Centre, Abuja.
According to Obi, besides the facts that Jonathan had done well to merit a re-election, the socio economic dynamics of the nation demanded that the South-South should be allowed to exhaust their eight years.
Obi, who is the deputy director-general of the President Jonathan’s Campaign in the South, said the wisdom among the country’s elderly men allowed a Southwest man to become the president after the death of Chief Moshood Abiola, arguing that the same wisdom was needed for four more years for Jonathan, a Southsouth man.
Obi, who also praised late Umaru Yar’Adua for the wisdom in packaging the amnesty deal, said before the deal, Nigeria produced about 700,000 barrels of oil per day and had been producing about 2.2 million barrels since after the deal.
In his words: “President Jonathan has characteristics required among leaders. He is patient and infinitely ready to listen; he is tolerant; he is humble, and above all he has untainted patriotic credentials.
“He also has age going for him. You know that being a president involves a lot of mental energy and we must accept that at certain age, no matter one’s personal integrity, he is limited in his mental and physical capabilities.”
He argued that what Nigeria needed now was not the type of change witnessed in Egypt, Libya or Iraq, but the sustenance of the change already begun in many sectors.
Addressing the education sector, Obi said that Jonathan built 14 new universities and had through commitment to the sector, improved the country’s performance in West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and National Examination Council (NECO) from 25 per cent to over 50 per cent.
He also read out the list of roads rehabilitated by Jonathan government, adding that no past government in Nigeria did what Jonathan has done in four years.
Speaking about the fall of the naira, Obi said it was a global phenomenon caused by the fall in the price of petroleum.
It would be recalled that President Goodluck Jonathan inaugurated his campaign team two months ago with a former minister, Tunde Adeniran, serving as deputy director general of the campaign’s head office, while the duo of Special Duties Minister, Kabiru Turaki and ex-Anambra governor, Peter Obi, serving as Deputy Directors-General for north and south respectively. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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