President Goodluck Jonathan Friday
said he had fulfilled the promises he
made to Nigerians during his 2011
campaign.
He said this while inaugurating a five-
seater air-conditioned passenger inter-
city rail transport system that will link
Makurdi, Benue State with Port-
Harcourt, Rivers State.
Jonathan, who was represented by Vice-
President Namadi Sambo, said the
country had witnessed transformation,
especially in the transport sector during
his administration.
He said, “President Jonathan has
ensured the fulfilment of the promises
he made to Nigerians by transforming
the country, especially the transport
sector as a critical infrastructure.
“Today’s event is a commitment of our
unflinching services. This
transformation is in three phases:
System transition, system
modernisation and system stabilisation”.
Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue
State applauded the President for
reviving the “moribund” railway system
which he said had been abandoned for
the past thirty years.
He said, “Transformation does not need
noise. We need young people to run
government, but not old people who are
too weak; the old people should guide us
to continue the Transformation
Agenda.”
The Chairman, Nigerian Railway
Cooperation and former National
Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party,
Bamanga Tukur, said the commitment of
the Federal Government in the railway
sector had boosted the economy.
The Minister of Transport, Idris Umar,
also charged the people to take
advantage of the opportunity provided
by the present administration in the
railway sector.
However, some Makurdi residents have
described the inauguration as “window
dressing.”
One of them, simply identified as
Terkuma, asked, “How can a dead
railway system that has been moribund
in the last thirty years come to life in
just three days?”
He described the event as a campaign
strategy to woo the Benue electorate. www.punchng.com/news/i-fulfilled-my-2011-campaign-promises-jonathan/

Ok go rest nah.

I can't see the sure-P buses, lagos-ibadan expressway has been abandoned by contractors or so, refineries are nowhere, electricity nko? Stop boasting about refurbished trains that got painted. Well, I believe the man below will fulfill his own promise. I just don't know how we are going to know he is doing it when the time comes. COMEDY