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I have Not Done Much For My People Because I am Transparent -Jonathan
Speaking at the PDP rally in Rivers state, at the Amiesimaka Stadium, Igwuruta-Ali, Greater Port Harcourt City, President Jonathan, in a rebuttal to a statement he attributed to an APC chief in their campaign that held recently in Yenegoa, on why he had not fulfilled his promise to the Souh-south region.
The President said he did not concentrate development on his region because of his quest for equitable distribution of the country’s resources.
The president went further to justify his position and took the crowd through a story his formation years in Port harcourt. He said “Don’t worry, it is a good news because people are saying that I concentrated development in the South South. Bayelsa State was part of Rivers State. I am part of this state. Since I finished by secondary school, I have been in Port Harcourt. I started my first job as a young officer in the Customs. Of course, I attended the University of Port Harcourt and started lecturing in the Rivers State College of Education. So, I have been part and parcel of this state.
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Rivers: Why We Refused PDP Use of Stadium for Presidential Rally
The Rivers State Government has said it refused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) use of the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Igwuruta-Ali, for its presidential campaign rally because the facility was unsafe as work was ongoing at the site.
In a statement issued by the state Commissioner of Information and Communications, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, the government said it was not impressed by the threat of the PDP that it would force its way into the stadium if the government did not grant its request to use the facility.
“At a different time and under different circumstances the Rivers State Government would have ignored the PDP’s ranting but with the party’s penchant for violence and its recent bombings of people and property all over the state, it is pertinent that the Rivers State Government raises this alert and sounds a note of warning to the PDP that the Rivers State Government will not trifle with its responsibility to guarantee the safety of lives and property irrespective of whom is affected.”
According to Semenitari, “The matter of the Adokiye Amiesimaka sports complex is a simple one. The complex is still under construction. As a work site, it is an unsafe environment for use at this time.
“The PDP makes reference to the fact that the APC had held its rally at the same venue. What they failed to mention is that the contractor was moved out of site during the time the APC rally held and remobilised to site right after that rally.
“With less than five months to go to the end of its tenure, the Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi administration is working on ensuring the completion of all its projects before the handover date of May 29th. With that being the case, the River State Government cannot move its contractors out of site at this time.”
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I won’t Fight Corruption by Sending people to Jail – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has said his commitment and method of solving corruption problems is not dependent on the number of people his administration tries or jails in court.
Though, he said his government has tried many Nigerians to show that it did not support corruption, he said the number of people tried for corruption related offences would never stem the tide of hydra-headed problem.
He said this at the ancient Mapo Hall, the venue for the flag-off of his campaign for a second term ticket in the 2015 elections.
According to him, “If I try 10 million Nigerians and jail 5 million, that does not stop corruption problem. Let me re-assure Nigerians that we will win war against terror. My commitment and method of solving corruption is not in terms of the number of people I try or jail.”
President Jonathan who used the forum to reel out the achievements of his administration noted that that his government had empowered over one million people through its various intervention programmes.
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