President Goodluck Jonathan and Senate President David Mark said yesterday the Federal Government will not allow any rigging from any political party in next month’s general elections. This is even as they said the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will not be rigged out.
Speaking at the presidential campaign rally in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, President Jonathan said his administration is committed to free, fair and transparent 2015 general polls.
President Jonathan, who commended the people for the crowd, said he would not encourage governance by intimidation if re-elected. He noted that he would give people the ability and freedom to express themselves.
“My message to people of Kwara State specifically today is not all about what we have done or what we’ll even do per se, but to show you people that we’ll work with you people and let Nigerians know they are free citizens. We don’t want a government where they’ll be governed by intimidation. We are committed to a government wherein every Nigerian will be free, where every young man and woman of 18 years old will be
free. We don’t want to be bottled or have any fear of intimidation. We don’t encourage a situation where leaders intimidate followers, where people feel like they are in a zoo, with lions or leopards are moving freely and others go into hiding. Nigeria is not a zoological garden. Nigeria is a country governed by laws and people are free.
“We’ll work with you to make agriculture turn you to billionaires through micro, small and medium-scale-agro-allied enterprises to even create jobs for others. We have intervened in water, power, rail transport, creation of universities, road construction, among others.
“This country belongs to the youth and you are the future leaders. That is what we are set out for. Government of the young people. We also have a vibrant economy recognised by CNN (American news company) two days ago ranking us with two other countries where the economy will continue to boom. If CNN can say that, who is that economist in Nigeria that can say what the world has seen will be seen differently. Our economy is the largest in Africa. All experts in both public and private sectors have been working to sustain that,” Jonathan said.
However, absent at the presidential rally was a PDP chieftain and a 2015 governorship aspirant, Senator Gbemisola Saraki and her usual teeming supporters.
Also speaking at the event, the state coordinator of the presidential campaign organisation, who was a 2015 governorship aspirant, Muhammad Dele Belgore (SAN), told the President that “Kwara is yours, Mr President, as this huge crowd clearly shows. Kwara is the only state with two governors. One is merely occupying the seat and has no powers, while the other one exercises all the powers.”
The President said at the palace of Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, that the essence of the visit was to pay homage and respect to members of the state’s Traditional Council under the Emir’s chairmanship.
“We thank the Emir for his kind support and prayers in the past for the PDP and our administration. If we can observe we would see that in the last four years, we have recorded achievements through road construction, economic development and others and in the last four years, we have had challenges and the main one is security particularly in the North-East.
Responding, the Emir said: “Kwarans are peace-loving people and they respect constituted authority. You have done well and we urge you to work towards maintaining peace in the country and you have demonstrated that you are a peace-loving leader by joining others in signing the peace accord in Abuja’.
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Speaking at the presidential campaign rally in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, President Jonathan said his administration is committed to free, fair and transparent 2015 general polls.
President Jonathan, who commended the people for the crowd, said he would not encourage governance by intimidation if re-elected. He noted that he would give people the ability and freedom to express themselves.
“My message to people of Kwara State specifically today is not all about what we have done or what we’ll even do per se, but to show you people that we’ll work with you people and let Nigerians know they are free citizens. We don’t want a government where they’ll be governed by intimidation. We are committed to a government wherein every Nigerian will be free, where every young man and woman of 18 years old will be
free. We don’t want to be bottled or have any fear of intimidation. We don’t encourage a situation where leaders intimidate followers, where people feel like they are in a zoo, with lions or leopards are moving freely and others go into hiding. Nigeria is not a zoological garden. Nigeria is a country governed by laws and people are free.
“We’ll work with you to make agriculture turn you to billionaires through micro, small and medium-scale-agro-allied enterprises to even create jobs for others. We have intervened in water, power, rail transport, creation of universities, road construction, among others.
“This country belongs to the youth and you are the future leaders. That is what we are set out for. Government of the young people. We also have a vibrant economy recognised by CNN (American news company) two days ago ranking us with two other countries where the economy will continue to boom. If CNN can say that, who is that economist in Nigeria that can say what the world has seen will be seen differently. Our economy is the largest in Africa. All experts in both public and private sectors have been working to sustain that,” Jonathan said.
However, absent at the presidential rally was a PDP chieftain and a 2015 governorship aspirant, Senator Gbemisola Saraki and her usual teeming supporters.
Also speaking at the event, the state coordinator of the presidential campaign organisation, who was a 2015 governorship aspirant, Muhammad Dele Belgore (SAN), told the President that “Kwara is yours, Mr President, as this huge crowd clearly shows. Kwara is the only state with two governors. One is merely occupying the seat and has no powers, while the other one exercises all the powers.”
The President said at the palace of Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, that the essence of the visit was to pay homage and respect to members of the state’s Traditional Council under the Emir’s chairmanship.
“We thank the Emir for his kind support and prayers in the past for the PDP and our administration. If we can observe we would see that in the last four years, we have recorded achievements through road construction, economic development and others and in the last four years, we have had challenges and the main one is security particularly in the North-East.
Responding, the Emir said: “Kwarans are peace-loving people and they respect constituted authority. You have done well and we urge you to work towards maintaining peace in the country and you have demonstrated that you are a peace-loving leader by joining others in signing the peace accord in Abuja’.
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