Nigerians’ll appreciate Jonathan as hero by 2015 – Presidency
When 2015 elections are conducted, Nigerians without any crisis resulting from it, then, Nigerians would accept and appreciate the good nature of President Goodluck Jonathan and see him as a true hero of democracy that he is.
Making the declaration on Wednesday, Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Political Matters, Prof. Rufa’I Ahmed Alkali, noted further that the tension and apprehensions over 2015 by Nigerians are needless, given the fact that President Jonathan has shown how well he is committed to allowing free and fair elections in the country.
He said the president has demonstrated his commitment to free and fair election, using Ekiti and Osun states governorship election as examples.
Alkali said the feeling of insecurity and apprehension over possible outburst of crisis in the nation as the 2015 election draws nearer was a creation of the opposition to achieve an ignoble agenda.
He said the opposition is seeking to create a feeling of insecurity in the country with a view to exploiting such to achieve its “inordinate ambition” of taking over political power at the centre come 2015 irrespective of what Nigerians actually want.
Alkali at a media interaction in Abuja said the peaceful conduct of the governorship election in both Ekiti and Osun states despite all hues and cries were clear evidence that the much-anticipated 2015 General Elections would come and go peacefully.
He added that Nigeria will remain even more united and strong, with the consistent efforts being made by President Jonathan to deepen democracy in the country.
The Presidential Adviser said the successful conduct of the two elections in the South-West was a manifestation of the desire by President Jonathan and his team to deepen democracy by guiding against all elements geared towards causing chaos and confusion during elections.
He said when President Jonathan harped on deployment of security to safeguard lives and property during elections; acting on security reports, the opposition went to town, as usual with “banal propaganda, theatricals and grand standing”.
“It is heart-warming to note that today President Jonathan has kept his words and INEC too has done its job.
“Indeed President Goodluck Jonathan has now become a hero who all Nigerians are looking towards for making 2015 elections to be free, fair and better conducted.
He said with the turn of events, it is necessary for those he described as political jobbers and master propagandists to allow President Jonathan to concentrate more on his desire to fast-track the delivery of Transformation Agenda by his government.
While appreciating the good conduct of the people of Osun State during the just concluded governorship poll in the state, Professor Alkali lauded the spirited efforts by INEC in overcoming all shortcomings to make the election a huge success.
He also praised efforts by the security operatives, whom he said gave very good account of themselves going by praises Nigerians had been showering on them.
He stated that mindless carnage and blood-letting that had characterised election and electioneering process in the South Western part of the nation in time past, has gone for good.
“This is good for Nigeria and this is good for democracy. The lesson is clear. The 2015 that everybody appears to be scared off will not be different from the experiences we have had in Osun and Ekiti states. That is invariably showing that we are already coming of age in Nigeria,” he said.
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