Akwa Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio has listed a number of reasons the people of the South East region want President Jonathan to run for re-election in 2015.
Speaking at the Peoples Democratic Party Unity Rally in Enugu, the PDP Governor’s Forum Chairman said,
“The PDP governors whispered to my ears that the reason they want you to re-contest election in 2015 is because they want you to commission the second Niger Bridge that you are building for them. The first Azikiwe built the first Niger Bridge and another Azikiwe in Jonathan is building the second Niger Bridge for the South-East people.
“They said they don’t want another person to commission the bridge that you have started for them. That is why they are saying Mr President even if this is a unity rally, a continuity rally and not a political rally, you must re-contest in 2015.
“The second observation, Mr President, is that as we were coming, we saw the newly completed international airport here in Enugu, the coal city. The coal city is the headquarters of all the South-East region, and the development here in your administration is unprecedented- total transformation.”
“The South-East people are worried and are saying if you don’t accept their request to re-contest in 2015, who will commission all the massive projects going on in the region. Today in Enugu, Ethiopian Airlines are all fully booked until June. We tried to get a seat but couldn’t secure even one because it takes off right here from Enugu. You have opened the South-East to the international community and everyone around the world is making the South-East their destination.
“We are proud of you, Mr President, for all these development projects, and we your foot-soldiers in the states, we assure you of our total support from the S/East to other regions. The only state that is left in the South-East, we are sure that by 2015 we will reclaim it,” Akpabio concluded.
In his response, the President said he will declare his ambition at the right time.
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