• Ihedioha, others rally support for President
AN amalgamation of the Northern Nigeria Professionals has endorsed
President Goodluck Jonathan for re-election in 2015, should he indicate
interest to run, adding that all Nigerians should work towards ensuring
that the able leadership of Jonathan continues.
The development came as the people of Owerri zone in Imo State, in
their multitude, on Saturday evening converged on the popular Ugwu
Ekwema Arena, along Egbu Road, Owerri, to show their support for
President Jonathan to return to power in 2015 and to ensure that an
Owerri zone man becomes the governor in the same year.
They also used the opportunity to launch a booklet 50 Reasons Why Owerri Zone Must Produce Imo Governor in 2015.
At an emergency meeting organised by the professionals under the
aegis of Northern Professionals Network, the members maintained that
Nigeria is in serious stage of nation-building, which for a more serious
reflection of the patriotic posture of the founding fathers of the
country.
The group comprises professionals from various fields of study
ranging from engineering, medical practice, and journalism to legal
practice. The delegates came from all the 19 northern states.
In a statement issued at the end of the meeting, the chairman of
the association, Jibrin Dalliti, challenged all those condemning the
policies of Jonathan administration to take all the transformation
agenda items one after the other and see whether a lot have been
achieved or not.
According to him, it was the northern political class that first
introduced politics with ethnic and regional colouration. “It is still
fresh in our memories how northern leaders bastardised our economy and
stupefied the national cohesion when they were captaining the ship.
“We are all concerned about the state of the nation as typified by
the so-called northern elders that connive with their cohorts from other
parts of the country and bastardised the national integration for
selfish ends in the past. President Jonathan is doing his best to
correct such anomalies.
“The election of the former governor of Bauchi State, Ahmed Adamu
Mu’azu, as the new national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) is another pointer to the fact that Jonathan means well for the
country. Mu’azu is a progressive politician that commands respect from
many quarters in the North and of course, including the southern part of
the country.”
Regarding the issue of insecurity in the North, the group commended
the efforts by Jonathan administration in taming the menace of Boko
Haram to some few areas of Borno and Yobe states. “It is the handwork
and commitment of or security agencies under the control of the
Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Jonathan, that
the wicked attack of the dreaded Boko Haram insurgency was flushed out
from many northern states that were hitherto affected by the menace,”
the group said.
The recent sack of the service chiefs by Mr. President, according
to the group, was a clear testimony that the issue of insecurity in the
North is being taken very seriously. They maintained that the action was
taken to tame insecurity across the nation, not in a particular section
of the country.
“This group of informed northerners wants to make it categorically
clear that the step taken by the Northern Elders’ Forum against
President Jonathan in condemning all his policies should be given a
rethink. Agreed that there could be some lapses in the implementation of
some policies, but that does not mean all good ones should not be
seen”, the communiqué reads.
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