The Asagba of Asaba, Delta State, Prof. Chike Edozien, on
Friday re-affirmed his endorsement for the candidacy of President Goodluck
Jonathan for a second term. The monarch gave the endorsement at his palace in
Asaba when President Jonathan paid him a courtesy visit. Edozien said that the
endorsement was not only for the president to continue with his good works but
to enable him to implement the recommendations of the just concluded National
Conference to move the country forward.
"We are particularly delighted that you had the courage to
set up the National Conference to look into the problems that were setting this
country backwards. We are convinced that if the recommendations of the
conference are implemented they will place Nigeria in its proper place. We
are giving you our full support to complete your work.
"We do so, not only because of the giant strides that you
have made in transforming the economy, defence and education, but we believe
that you are in the best position to implement the resolutions of the National
Conference," he said.
The 1961 Professor of Medicine said that on March 28, his
stool "will mobilise its children and people to support you not only by words
but by deed to make sure that you return to Aso Rock".
According to the Asagba, the traditional institution in his
district had earlier taken a resolution to back the president. "We affirm that
support to return you on May 29 as the President of Nigeria. It is our hope
that in the next four years, some of the issues in our minds will be fully
accomplished," he added.
The Monarch used the reception to urge the president to
dualise the road from Asaba through Agbor and Kogi to Abuja, raise the Asaba
Airport to an international hub to improve commerce and reduce travel time for
the people. He also urged the president to compensate families of victims of
the 1967 civil war massacred by the Federal troops they came to receive in
Asaba as well as grant Asaba a federal University as a major contributor and
pioneer business hub in Nigeria through the hosting of the Royal Niger Company.
He said that the University request was made to former
Presidents Ibrahim Babangida, Abdulsalami Abubakar and Olusegun Obasanjo, but
none of them implemented it. "Since that request, your administration has
created more than 12 Federal universities, why are we forgotten?"
The
President had earlier promised that his administration would continue to do its
best to bring peace, secure our country and bring development. "As your own
son, I will keep faith with the promises that I made to you in public and in
private to bring development to the country and Delta state will not be left
out," President Jonathan said.
He told the monarch that his administration had created a
maritime University in Delta for manpower development, raised the police
Academy in Kaduna to a degree awarding institution in addition to creating 12
other universities in the states that had none. He added that his
administration eradicated Guinea Worm and Polio with the same vigour it drove
out the Ebola Virus disease.
He said that the Aviation industry received big boost while
rail and road infrastructure had reached more than 90 per cent rehabilitation.
He said his administration strengthened the cabotage law to create way for the
participation of local entrepreneurs in the oil and gas business. "We are
marching on and in the next four years, if re-elected, we will take this country
to an unimaginable height."
On power supply, Jonathan said that the power sector reform
had yielded dividends and that this year would be the interface to move the
sector from federal government control to private sector control to finally end
incidents of power outage. Sen. Ahmadu Alli, who stood in for PDP national
chairman, Dr Adamu Mu’azu, said that the party was happy with the achievements
of President Jonathan and his Vice and decided to sponsor them to complete
their second tenure.
Delta state Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan noted that the reign
of Edozien had brought peace and development to the state. He added that the government had heeded to
his earlier request to improve electricity supply to Asaba through the NIPP
project but awaiting the energisation of the project.
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