As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP )
starts its presidential campaign in the north ,
the party has said that President Goodluck
Jonathan ’s administration has been fair to
the region .
The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP,
Chief Olisa Metuh , at a press briefing in
Abuja on Monday, said the administration
has been very fair to the north in terms of
projects , political appointments and
establishment of Almajiri schools.
He said: “The present administration has
done a lot more for the three zones in the
north than any of the administration before it
in the areas of agriculture , education , roads,
railways and many more. ”
Speaking on the activities of Boko Haram in
the northeast, Metuh said the sect would
have overrun half of the country if not for the
person and character of President Jonathan.
“ The problem that we have in the northeast
to deal with is insurgency . It is not the
making of this government, but this
government has tried as much as possible
to contain it.
“ If not for the character, candour , the
personality of the President, these
insurgents would have overrun more than
half of Nigeria . We would have been under
occupation of terrorists if not for the
determination, the style and the character
and personality of the President,” Metuh
stated .
Sounding optimistic about the February 14
presidential poll , the party boasted that the
PDP would win convincingly in the six geo -
political zones in the country.
He said: “PDP will win in the North -West ,
North - Central , North East, South- South,
South- East and South-West . APC will not
win in any of the zones and our victory will
be very convincing. ”
On the reduction in the pump price of
petroleum products by the Federal
Government , the PDP dismissed insinuations
that the action was politically motivated.
“ It has nothing to do with politics . This is not
the first time that we have had fuel price
decrease in this country. You will recall that
when the late President Umaru Yar A ’dua
came into office , he reduced the pump price
from N 75 to N 65. And it was on N 65 for a
very long time . That was not politics.
“ In this particular instance, oil price crashed
in the world and the government and the
Minister of Petroleum Resources have said
that based on the international price of oil,
that there should be a reduction in Nigeria. It
has nothing to do with election.
“ If the of oil price remains as it is , Nigerians
will be yearning for more decrease and
there cannot be any justification for any
increase . And this government cannot
increase this fuel price as long as the price
remains as it is in the world market . What
Nigerians should be asking for now is a
complete deregulation of the industry so that
it would be reflective of the world price ,” he
said.

I pity the north because they are about to miss another chance of 8year to the yorubas. OBJ at work again to play political games on the North. North shine your eyes.