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WHY MY HUSBAND SHOULD BE RE-ELECTED- DAME JONATHAN

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The First
Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, Wednesday gave reasons why President Goodluck
Jonathan deserves to be re-elected for a second term. The First Lady who was in
Ikom, Cross River State, in continuation of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
nationwide Women Rally to solicit votes for her husband, said President
Jonathan has performed well to earn a second term in office.
Speaking
shortly after inaugurating the 6,000 seating capacity ultra modern Ikom
Township Stadium, Dame Jonathan said: “I came to thank you for keeping to your
promise in 2011 to vote for my husband. And I want to use this opportunity to
appeal to you to repeat the same thing in the March 28 presidential election.”
According to
the First Lady, her husband, during his first tenure has performed tremendously
and has impacted positively on the people especially women.
Dame Jonathan
reminded the mammoth crowd of female politicians that in 2011, her husband
promised to give women 35 percent appointment in line with the affirmative
action which he did through political and elective offices, adding that “Now we
are in 2015, and he will do more for the nation and women in particular.”

She listed the
progress made by the PDP-led Federal Government to include improvement in
health care delivery where infant mortality rate has dropped drastically,
establishment of federal universities in all the 36 states of the federation,
instituted developmental programmes to empower women and youth and the
construction of 125 Almajiri schools to take kids off the street and give them
hope for the future.
Others,
according to her, include improvement in transportation system and energy
sector while the country’s participation in sporting competitions has improved
significantly on the continent and at the global arena and Nollywood, which she
said has been brought to international recognition.
The First Lady
therefore enjoined the women not to be cajoled by those who claimed to be
agents of change because when they were in office, they did not implement the
change they are canvassing now.
According to
her, “Those promising you change did not recognise nor regard women when they
were in office and it is better you follow a man who has promised to do more
for the nation and sworn to keep it.”
Continuing,
she said: “You have two options, either President Jonathan or nothing,” adding
“I am confident that the women, youth and all eligible voters in Cross River
will vote for Jonathan and all PDP candidates in March 28 and April 11
elections.”
Also speaking,
Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, said: “There are only two
options for Nigerians to choose, that is either they vote Goodluck Jonathan and
move forward with his transformation initiatives or follow the opponent and be
dragged 30 years backward.”
Imoke
disclosed that President Jonathan has in his first term established and
initiated developmental programmes as well as empowered women, stressing that,
“What President Goodluck has done, no president has done so in the history of
Nigeria. Women, for the first time have been given opportunity to participate
in politics and be voted into offices.
“We the youth
and women in Cross River will support President Goodluck Jonathan and all PDP
candidates.”
Cross River
State PDP standard bearer, Prof Ben Ayade , said the state has chosen to follow
the man who will lead them into the future and that only Jonathan who has
promised to link the state capital with a fast rail line is the only man they
will follow.
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