The First Lady, Mrs. Patience
Jonathan, on Wednesday gave reasons
why President Goodluck Jonathan
deserves to be reelected for a second
term.

Mrs. Jonathan, who was in Ikom,
Cross River State, in continuation of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
nationwide women rally to solicit
votes for her husband, said
President Goodluck Jonathan has
performed well to earn a second term
in office.

Speaking shortly after the
inauguration of the 6,000-seat
capacity ultra modern Ikom Township
Stadium, Mrs. Jonathan said: “I came
to thank you for keeping to your
promise in 2011 to vote for my
husband. And I want to use this
opportunity to appeal to you to repeat
the same thing in the March 28
presidential election.”

According to the First Lady, her
husband, during his first tenure has
performed tremendously and has
impacted positively on the people
especially women.

Mrs. Jonathan reminded the large
crowd of female politicians that in
2011, her husband promised to give
women 35 per cent appointment in line
with the affirmative action which he
did through political and elective
offices, adding that
“Now we are in 2015, and he will do
more for the nation and women in
particular.”

She listed the progress made by the
PDP-led federal government to
include improvement in health care
delivery where infant mortality rate
has dropped drastically,
establishment of federal universities
in all the 36 states of the federation,
instituted developmental programmes
to empower women and youth and the
construction of 125 Amajiri schools to
take kids off the street and give them
hope for the future.

Others include improvement in
transportation system and energy
sector while the country’s
participation in sporting competitions
has improved significantly on the
continent and at the global arena and
Nollywood, which she said has been
brouhgt to international recognition.

The First Lady therefore enjoined the
women not to be cajoled by those who...

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