REMARKS BY PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR AT THE INAUGURATION OF PDP PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION,
TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2015.PROTOCOLS1. Let me start by thanking all the members of our great party once again for the very inspiring confidence they have placed in me by speaking with one voice, at all levels, to return me as the PDP’s flag bearer in next month’s presidential elections.2. Let me also at this occasion convey to each and every one of you, who has agreed to serve in the Presidential Campaign Organization, my deep appreciation of your support.3. You have all been invited to serve our great party in this capacity, in recognition of your loyalty, dedication, commitment to the democratic cause, and your outstanding individual talents.
In a report by African Examiner says there was a large turn out of people to witness the occasion:
Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, is
wearing a new look for today’s commencement of
All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential
candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign.
The event is scheduled for the 40,000-capacity
Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Igwuruta, near the
Port Harcourt International Airport.
The rally, fixed for 9 a.m., will be transmitted live
on major television networks.
Rivers State Governor Chibuike Amaechi is the
Director-General of the Buhari campaign
organisation, which met last night at the Rivers
State Government House.
Shortly after inaugurating Buhari’s campaign in
the Garden City, the APC team will move to Uyo,
the Akwa Ibom State capital, to campaign in the
PDP-controlled state and to present its
governorship candidate Mr Umana Okon Umana, a
former secretary to the state government.
The campaign team will remain in the South-
South for the next one week, going round states
in the region from Port Harcourt.
Colourful banners, billboards and posters of
Buhari and his running mate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo,
were seen all over Port Harcourt yesterday.
Some kerbs, roundabouts, junctions and other
strategic locations in the Rivers state capital were
also being repainted and beautified.
Amaechi’s ally, Chief Tony Okocha, who is the
Chairman of the Mobilisation Committee of
Buhari’s campaign launch in Rivers state, said
yesterday that today’s crowd will double the onei
at the October 25 mega rally to mark the seventh
anniversary of Amaechi’s Supreme Court victory
at the same venue. SOURCE: THE AFRICAN EXAMINER.
END Backs Buhari, Says No Second Term
For Jonathan:
In this report by Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja, the Nigeria's President Jonathan's home based Militants Organisation is not satisfied with PMEND Backs Buhari, Says No Second Term
For Jonathan:
In this report by Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja, the Nigeria's President Jonathan's home based Militants Organisation is not satisfied with President Jonathan's Administration:
The Movement for the
Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND has
endorsed and fully support the Presidential
candidate of the All Progressive Congress ( APC ),
General Mohammadu Buhari.
MEND in a statement signed by its spokesperson
Jomo Gbomo on Tuesday said its decision stems
from the pathetic state in which the country has
been put by the government of Goodluck
Jonathan its strong believe in General
Mohammadu Buhari as the man and change the
country needs.
The controversial Niger Delta based organisation
said that Jonathan does not deserve a second
more term in the Presidency adding that as soon
as his tenure expires he should leave.
“He has continuously and blatantly disregarded
the very people who voted him into office.
“A President that told Nigerian to their faces that
he does not “give a damn” when asked to declare
his assets. A requirement that is constitutional on
assuming the office of the President.
“President Jonathan, since assuming his office,
has setup countless number of “Committees”,
none of which their reports has ever been
implemented. From the Nuhu Ribadu report to the
KPMG and Fuel Subsidy reports, just to mention a
few”, said MEND.
Continuing, MEND wondered how Nigerians
expect a highly corrupt person like Goodluck
Jonathan to fight corruption when he believes
that “stealing is not corruption”, as he
shamelessly told the Nation.”
On the office of the first lady, MEND commends
General Buhari for his plans, when elected as
President, to scrap the so-called “Office of the
First Lady”.
“This is obviously an irrelevant, fraudulent and
unconstitutional office, whose only purpose is to
further plunder the resources of the country.
“Nigerians and the EFCC appear to have forgotten
that this “First Lady” Mrs Patience Jonathan was
in the process of being charged with attempts to
launder stolen money to the United Kingdom,
barely a few months after President Jonathan was
sworn in as President. The same offence former
Governor James Ibori was charged with”.
On the Niger Delta region, MEND said that since
President Jonathan assumed office, the Niger
Delta region has experienced excruciating poverty
faced by the people, worse pollution and
environmental degradation and not once has he
ever come out to openly condemn the destruction
of the environment by the activities of
irresponsible oil companies.
“Recent reports confirm the country is losing
billions of Dollars in oil revenue due to oil theft.
This theft has been aided by the pot-bellied
Nigerian Army generals, in connivance with
corrupt Nigerian government officials, the Joint
Task Force and the Nigerian Navy.
“It is no wonder the once respected Nigerian
Military has been reduced to a ragtag Army by
the Boko Haram Terrorists. It can only take a
bold and courageous man like General
Mohammadu Buhari to tackle the insecurity and
oil theft plaguing the nation.
“The Niger Delta region has the Ministry of the
Niger Delta, the Niger Delta Development
Commission (NDDC), the Presidential Amnesty
Programme ( PAP ) and the largest percentage in
oil revenue allocation, yet the region has nothing
to show for all these due to a very corrupt
government and system in place.
“We are confident that a General Mohammadu
Buhari presidency would probe these agencies
and divert all stolen revenue back to the
development of the region and Nigeria as a
whole”, said MEND.
MEND condemned other militant groups:
“Regrettably, our so-called “Freedom Fighters”,
“Niger Delta Activists”, “elders”, Royal Fathers
and politicised groups such as the Ijaw Youth
Congress (IYC), United Niger Delta Energy
Development Security Strategy (UNDESS) and
several other castrated and myopic groups from
the region have lost focus.
“Rather than speaking out against corruption,
impunity, under development, degradation of our
environment, unemployment and the impoverished
living of the ordinary Niger Deltan, prefer to turn
themselves into political praise singers of the
government to enrich themselves while the region
is still licking the wounds of marginalization.
“We say you are all cowards and shame unto you
all! You now feast on the sweat and blood of
great Niger Delta leaders like Isaac Adaka Boro
and Ken Saro-Wiwa while the region remains
impoverished, underdeveloped and polluted”.
resident Jonathan's Administration:
The Movement for the
Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND has
endorsed and fully support the Presidential
candidate of the All Progressive Congress ( APC ),
General Mohammadu Buhari.
MEND in a statement signed by its spokesperson
Jomo Gbomo on Tuesday said its decision stems
from the pathetic state in which the country has
been put by the government of Goodluck
Jonathan its strong believe in General
Mohammadu Buhari as the man and change the
country needs.
The controversial Niger Delta based organisation
said that Jonathan does not deserve a second
more term in the Presidency adding that as soon
as his tenure expires he should leave.
“He has continuously and blatantly disregarded
the very people who voted him into office.
“A President that told Nigerian to their faces that
he does not “give a damn” when asked to declare
his assets. A requirement that is constitutional on
assuming the office of the President.
“President Jonathan, since assuming his office,
has setup countless number of “Committees”,
none of which their reports has ever been
implemented. From the Nuhu Ribadu report to the
KPMG and Fuel Subsidy reports, just to mention a
few”, said MEND.
Continuing, MEND wondered how Nigerians
expect a highly corrupt person like Goodluck
Jonathan to fight corruption when he believes
that “stealing is not corruption”, as he
shamelessly told the Nation.”
On the office of the first lady, MEND commends
General Buhari for his plans, when elected as
President, to scrap the so-called “Office of the
First Lady”.
“This is obviously an irrelevant, fraudulent and
unconstitutional office, whose only purpose is to
further plunder the resources of the country.
“Nigerians and the EFCC appear to have forgotten
that this “First Lady” Mrs Patience Jonathan was
in the process of being charged with attempts to
launder stolen money to the United Kingdom,
barely a few months after President Jonathan was
sworn in as President. The same offence former
Governor James Ibori was charged with”.
On the Niger Delta region, MEND said that since
President Jonathan assumed office, the Niger
Delta region has experienced excruciating poverty
faced by the people, worse pollution and
environmental degradation and not once has he
ever come out to openly condemn the destruction
of the environment by the activities of
irresponsible oil companies.
“Recent reports confirm the country is losing
billions of Dollars in oil revenue due to oil theft.
This theft has been aided by the pot-bellied
Nigerian Army generals, in connivance with
corrupt Nigerian government officials, the Joint
Task Force and the Nigerian Navy.
“It is no wonder the once respected Nigerian
Military has been reduced to a ragtag Army by
the Boko Haram Terrorists. It can only take a
bold and courageous man like General
Mohammadu Buhari to tackle the insecurity and
oil theft plaguing the nation.
“The Niger Delta region has the Ministry of the
Niger Delta, the Niger Delta Development
Commission (NDDC), the Presidential Amnesty
Programme ( PAP ) and the largest percentage in
oil revenue allocation, yet the region has nothing
to show for all these due to a very corrupt
government and system in place.
“We are confident that a General Mohammadu
Buhari presidency would probe these agencies
and divert all stolen revenue back to the
development of the region and Nigeria as a
whole”, said MEND.
MEND condemned other militant groups:
“Regrettably, our so-called “Freedom Fighters”,
“Niger Delta Activists”, “elders”, Royal Fathers
and politicised groups such as the Ijaw Youth
Congress (IYC), United Niger Delta Energy
Development Security Strategy (UNDESS) and
several other castrated and myopic groups from
the region have lost focus.
“Rather than speaking out against corruption,
impunity, under development, degradation of our
environment, unemployment and the impoverished
living of the ordinary Niger Deltan, prefer to turn
themselves into political praise singers of the
government to enrich themselves while the region
is still licking the wounds of marginalization.
“We say you are all cowards and shame unto you
all! You now feast on the sweat and blood of
great Niger Delta leaders like Isaac Adaka Boro
and Ken Saro-Wiwa while the region remains
impoverished, underdeveloped and polluted”.
Jonathan Woos
Aggrieved Members,
Says PDP Not Party Of
“Hooligans”
Abia Budgets N102.4
Billion For 2015 Fiscal
Year
MEND Backs Buhari,
Says No Second Term
For Jonathan
Plateau Monarchs,
Political Leaders Drag
INEC To Court over
Permanent Voters Card
Police Confirms Attack
On APC Supporters In
Rivers
Bayelsa Denies Reports
Attributing Cabinet
Shake Up To Dickson’s
Rift With First Lady
Buhari Storms Port
Harcourt, Flags Off
Presidential Campaign
In South-South
Cabinet Shake-Up In
Bayelsa As Governor
Dickson Sacks
Commissioner, Adviser
Diaspora Group Frowns
At Non-Implementation
Of Reports Of Recent
National Conference
Opinion: Buhari,
Osinbajo And The
Nigerian Duty Call
Gana Says N21Bn
Jonathan’s Fund For
Both Campaigns And
Capital Projects At PDP
Secretariatu
Again, Obasanjo Blasts
Jonathan, Accuses Him
Of Squandering Oil
Revenue, Foreign
Reserves
Lagos Doctors Issue
21-Day Ultimatum Over
Unpaid Salary Arrears
INEC Reads Riot Act To
Political Parties, Warns
Politicians Against
Inflammatory
Statements
13 Killed, 4 Injured In
Fatal Autocrash In
Bauchi
GENERAL ELECTION 2015
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