Goodluck Jonathan spoke emotionally during the inauguration of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organization (PCO).
The country leader responded to critics who urged him to show his record of performance by saying that he would confront the opposition with his record of achievements, The Nation reports.
GEJ also challenged the past leaders blasting his administration to demonstrate what they had done for the country.
“We will confront them with what we have done within this period and they should tell us what they did within the years they served this country.
“It is not about just deceiving young people and using them as canon fodders, telling them lies, preaching religion and sentiments so that you continue to keep them underground to be cleaning your shoes.
“I was there but because of education, I moved up and Nigerian children must move up. Nigerian children that were like me cleaning shoes will surely move up and become governors and presidents.” “Some people want to continue to keep them down. We will not allow them. When that time reaches, will talk.”
Jonathan enumerated some of his achievements while in the office and put an emphasis on educational sector.
“When we came on board, 12 states had no federal university out of the 36 states and we said that is not fair, that the federal government must get at least one university in all states.
“Some people will tell us how many nursery schools they built when they were heads of government in this country. During the campaign, they will tell us not today.”
It is worth mentioning that an important decision was made today, January 6, during the closed-door meeting at the Presidential Villa. Jonathan and northern governors agreed that despite the insurgency in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe, the election would hold in these states. It had been an issue of hot debates for months.
No comments:
Post a Comment