President Goodluck Jonathan flag-off his presidential campaign at Tafawa Balewa Square on Thursday 8th of January, 2015 with immense crowd present. PDP chieftain across the federation were in attendance including host PDP governorship candidate Mr Jimi Agbaja who is more accepted in Lagos State as the son of the state, an erudite scholar per excellence and trustworthy humanitarian person.
The president gave his second term re-election agenda which he termed Transformation.
Transformation Plan @ campaign rally TBS Lagos, Feb 8, 2015
1) Create more jobs through private sector enterprise and government support for small scale business
2) Promote education across boards – building schools and provision of infrastructure facilities with the school system
3) Curb the insurgency and provision of adequate security for all Nigerians
4)Implementation of the recommendations of National conference 2014 to letter
5) Make sure corruption is reduced to bare minimum
6) Infrastructure development i.e. rain transportation, good roads, and better airways network
7) Buoyant economy through agrarian system and other resources of the nation
“The world belong to this generation and the future generation, I hope this generation of Nigeria will take us to the moon.” – President Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan stated that the estranged leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) Henry Okah was paid to assassinate him when he masterminded bomb attacks within the premises where Nigeria was celebrating its 50 years independence anniversary.
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The President stated this at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos at a PDP rally where he predicated his statement based on a headline from a national daily which read that MEND dumps Jonathan.
According to him, the leader of MEND was one Okah who is currently imprisoned alongside his wife in South Africa. He said his trial was in South Africa and not in Nigeria where one can say it is manipulated by the President. ”Now the same Okah who is in jail abroad is now endorsing some people through his group,” Jonathan said.
Jonathan then asked, “Is this the kind of Nigeria you want where a group like MEND will be endorsing party candidates?” To this, the crowd he was addressing yelled, No!”
It would be recalled that President Jonathan wasted no time in absolving MEND from any complicity in the 2010 bombing attack which occurred in Eagles Square.
He had also been reported to have stated in several fora that the main rights group in Nigeria’s Niger Delta had been disbanded.
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