The Peoples Democratic Party has said
that Nigeria needs change. It, however, insisted that no change could be better
than what it described as the rapid change in all sectors which it alleged
Nigeria has undergone in the last four years.
that Nigeria needs change. It, however, insisted that no change could be better
than what it described as the rapid change in all sectors which it alleged
Nigeria has undergone in the last four years.
The party declared the continuity
of President Goodluck Jonathan as the real change the nation needs.
of President Goodluck Jonathan as the real change the nation needs.
A statement by the National
Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Olisa Metuh in Abuja on Tuesday, said no
administration in the history of Nigeria has turned in high flying, all sector
delivery in its first four years as President Jonathan, saying, in adopting
change as its slogan, the APC has shown it is out of tune with reality as change has since begun under the
present administration .
Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Olisa Metuh in Abuja on Tuesday, said no
administration in the history of Nigeria has turned in high flying, all sector
delivery in its first four years as President Jonathan, saying, in adopting
change as its slogan, the APC has shown it is out of tune with reality as change has since begun under the
present administration .
Metuh further argued that the
mark of true leadership is the ability to stay the course notwithstanding the
level of distractions orchestrated to make the leader lose focus, saying that
President Jonathan has beaten every adversity to achieve an unprecedented
transformation of Nigeria.
mark of true leadership is the ability to stay the course notwithstanding the
level of distractions orchestrated to make the leader lose focus, saying that
President Jonathan has beaten every adversity to achieve an unprecedented
transformation of Nigeria.
Metuh said, “What change is
greater than an unimpeachable delivery in both fundamentals and incidentals of
democracy?
greater than an unimpeachable delivery in both fundamentals and incidentals of
democracy?
“The basic and true test of
democracy lies in the level of freedom available to the citizenry, in the
separation of powers and in the value attached to the expressed wishes of the
people in timely polls.
democracy lies in the level of freedom available to the citizenry, in the
separation of powers and in the value attached to the expressed wishes of the
people in timely polls.
“To these cardinals of democracy,
President Jonathan has been a slave! The change lies in the change of values
and attitudes towards decades-long corruption as occasioned by the firm stand
of President Jonathan on zero tolerance and in establishing the Freedom of
Information law which have made Nigerians discuss freely and expose corruption
while government battles the ill within the ambit of the law.”
President Jonathan has been a slave! The change lies in the change of values
and attitudes towards decades-long corruption as occasioned by the firm stand
of President Jonathan on zero tolerance and in establishing the Freedom of
Information law which have made Nigerians discuss freely and expose corruption
while government battles the ill within the ambit of the law.”
Metuh added that under President Jonathan, Nigerians relish in all fundamental freedoms
even to a level where the opposition denigrate the person and the office of the
President, yet no one is harassed and none, a political prisoner.
even to a level where the opposition denigrate the person and the office of the
President, yet no one is harassed and none, a political prisoner.
Besides, he said the legacy of
credible elections instituted in 2011 has gathered enough steam with President
Jonathan’s insistence on one man, one vote.
credible elections instituted in 2011 has gathered enough steam with President
Jonathan’s insistence on one man, one vote.
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