Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State has declared that President Jonathan will handover to the next President of the country on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019.
This was even as Ebonyi State chapter of the PDP has adopted President Goodluck Jonathan to run for a second term in 2015 presidential election.
The declarations were made at the weekend at the New Year party and mini rally organised by the state PDP at the Abakaliki Township stadium where the stakeholders and PDP faithful in the state gathered to pay solidarity to the leadership of Goodluck Jonathan and the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party led by Alhaji Bamanga Tukur.
The party also passed a vote of confidence on President Jonathan due to his numerous development strides and transformation going on in all the sectors of the economy of the country.
The member representing Ohaozara/ Onicha/Ivo Federal Constituency, Mr. Linus Okorie, who moved the motion for the vote of confidence and adoption of Jonathan for 2015 said that the President has provided democratic dividends to all parts of the country.
The motion, which was seconded by the Speaker of Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Mr Chukwuma Nwazunku was overwhelmingly supported by all stakeholders and executive members of the party at all levels by a voice vote.
In his speech at the event, Governor Elechi urged Ebonyians to support PDP which he said has no alternative to other parties, saying that oppositions were fighting for nothing and don’t have anything to show.
His words: “When some governors said they were declaring for APC and some National Assembly members followed suit, I did not ask any of my Senators and House of Representative members, whether they were decamping because I knew that was one mistake they will never make in their life.
“In Ebonyi State, there is no opposition party because only one party that is credible, one party that does not impose candidates, that respects the views of the electorate, one party that is law abiding is in control.”
Elechi, who carpeted opposition parties in the country on their statement that they wanted to rescue Nigeria, stressed that PDP, under the leadership of Goodluck Jonathan has entirely revived all the sectors.
“When the airways collapsed, they did not rescue Nigeria. Jonathan revived the airports and allowed the private sectors to operate. And now, we have a total result,” he said.
They did not come to rescue us. When the Nigerian railways collapsed, they did not rescue the railways until Jonathan revived the railway system.
“When the power sector was in comatose, they said nothing about it until the road map was given by the current president and we see positive changes happening, they say they want to rescue Nigerians.
“When the economy was so bad, they did not rescue Nigeria, now that World Bank has found out that Nigeria has over taken South Africa and has become number one economy of the continent that is the time they are rescuing Nigeria,” he stated.
He said that it was because the President could not be defeated that pushed the opposition parties into spreading the message that if Jonathan would contest, Nigeria would disintegrate and the whole country would be set ablaze. He however, described it as expression of fear.
Source: Sun
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