President Goodluck Jonathan has
been asked not to return home if he
does not contest the 2015 presidential
election. This was stated by the Niger
Delta people under the auspices of
Niger Delta Leaders Assembly, adding
that “it is a must do project.”
According to the Delta State, National
Chairman of the group, HRM Carson
Agidah while speaking during a
courtesy call on Chief Edwin Clark at
his Kiagbodo country home, despite
the fact that God has made them
feeder station of the country, their
brothers in the North, East and West
had never allowed people from the
South-South region to preside over
the affairs of Nigeria, but for President
Jonathan, who emerged through
divine intervention.
His words, “We have been
shortchanged for too long,
impoverished by our extreme
attention to the needs of our
brothers. We have made the
bourgeois of the North, East and West
feast on our wealth to the detriment
of our children. Our magnanimity is
taken for granted; we have been
mocked for allowing our wealth to be
accessed by all; our generosity has
turned to an offence as we are rated
as those who do not know the value
of their wealth.
“Politically, our region has always
been known to be the shopping
centre for votes and support to make
others President of Nigeria. As far as
presidential elections are concerned,
we have never been qualified to be
voted for.
“Respectfully, our dear elder
statesman, we are here to let you
know that we are set to reverse the
tide. We are set to break that jinx in
2015 for posterity. For the 2015
presidential election, we the people of
Niger Delta have a candidate. Our
candidate is Dr Jonathan. He must
contest the 2015 presidential
election.”
In response to Agidah’s statement
above, Clark said all the regions in the
country needed one another to move
on.
He said, “Alhaji Shehu Shagari was to
do eight years when the military
struck; Chief Olusegun Obasanjo did
eight years; Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua
was to do eight years before his
death; so Dr Jonathan is entitled to
eight years.”
Clark urged the group to meet with
other regions in order to seek their
consent and support, adding that the
group or the Niger Delta region alone
cannot make Jonathan president
come 2015.
He promised to convey the message
of the group to President Jonathan,
adding that the states in the country
now have a federal university
“President Jonathan has resuscitated
the railways. He has improved on the
power situation in the country; air
transport has been improved upon;
the aviation industry is being
improved upon and he has also
improved on the educational sector.
“President Jonathan is doing his best.
He believes in one man one vote and
he has strengthened democracy,” he
said.
Source: Gejites

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