Nationwide Broadcast By The PDP Chairman: Alhaji Ahmodu Ali

Fellow Nigerians,

We as "loyal patriots" do solemnly pledge our unalloyed solidarity to Pres. Olusegun Abachanjo in his quest to do "God's" will by entrenching himself as Nigeria's newest dictator.

We as a nation of "believers" do believe that our "God" is not a God of "abandoned projects". We would like to reiterate that "God's" projects especially as regards Nigeria does require a lifetime to complete. We thus crave the indulgence of fellow Nigerians to allow our "Messiah" the time and space to conclude his "laudable" projects and his dream to turn our nation around.

We are all witnesses to the economic and social "reforms" that have practically turned Nigeria from being the 2nd poorest nation on earth to the richest nation in the world (_{from behind}). All Government property has been sold (_dashed) to our new crop of "local investors". Local oil production has risen to 20% in the last 6 years, NEPA has changed it's name to PHCN and has increased electricity output to a staggering 50%.
Never have Nigerians had it so good in the telecoms industry. More than 1 million Nigerians now have access to mobile phones and the recharge card industry now employs more graduates than the pure water industry.
We are also aware that current telephone charges are the lowest anywhere in the world.

In the area of health care delivery, infant mortality rate has decreased drastically from 120 deaths per thousand in 1990 to a mere 101 in 2004. Life expectancy at birth as at 2004 has also increased tremendously to 43 years, thus making Nigeria one of the countries with the highest life expectancy rates in the world.

In the area of the economy, GNI per capita as at 2004 stands at US$390, much  higher than those of Niger, Uganda, Congo Democratic, Burundi and Chad.
We have also succeed in paying off our debts to the Paris club. Nigerian roads are now among the best in the world and our airports now serve as zoos. Our government has also signed an agreement to lease one of the runways in Niger republic for use pending the repair of our own runways which may take 18 years and gulp over $300bn.

In the area of human rights, we have also performed well. We routinely scold election riggers and godfathers have been empowered to remove Governors who do not pander to the will of "the people". More "checkpoints" have also been created to increase job opportunities for "well paid" members of the police force. Crime is also at an all time low.
The political opposition has been given "free" reign to criticise the government as long as it is "constructive" and rallies are staged with a police "permit" according to the law.
We would also like to state categorically that we have not used the EFCC as a tool to silence the opposition. This government has also ensured full compliance with all court rulings and would remain commited to ensuring that there are no "sacred cows".

Fellow Nigerians, we are all witnesses to the giant "progress" our nation has made in the last 6 years when we took over office. We believe that it is our duty to ensure continuity in governance and thus continuity of the "good" programs that have been implemented by our administration.

We believe in the constitution and the will of the people. We will not spend a day longer than is stipulated in the constitution. We also affirm the right of "the people" to "ammend" the constitution as they seem fit. However we are not concerned with third term, we are concerned with providing our people with the dividends of democracy.

Thank you and God bless!.


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