With the presidential election just 13 days away, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Tony Anenih, on Sunday called on the North and the South-South to strengthen their age-long political alliance by voting overwhelmingly for President Goodluck Jonathan.
Anenih, in a statement that came less than a week after the one in which he appealed to Nigerians to ensure the unity of the country during and after the elections, urged the North to consider the decades of cooperation given by the people of the South-South to candidates of the North and reciprocate the gesture with a renewed mandate for Jonathan.
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He said it wasthe right of the northerners to aspire to be the President of the country, but begged them to jettison such ambition by supporting Jonathan at the moment.
The statement reads, “Last week, I made a passionate appeal to Nigerians on the need for us to ensure, during the forthcoming elections, that the nation remains unified and keeps moving forward in unity.
“With a few days to commencement of the 2015 Presidential election, I find it expedient to send this appeal specifically to our brothers and sisters in the Northern states.
“The election is the most important as it is the precursor to the elections at the state level, which come up on February 28. For me, however, the critical issue in the February 14 Presidential election is justice.”
While I do not intend to wish away your legitimate right to be President, I urge you to consider the decades of cooperation given by the people of the South-South to candidates of the North.”
The former Minister of Works said in all the democratic elections in Nigerian history, in which a Northerner had contested, statistics showed that the South-South often voted overwhelmingly for such a candidate.
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Anenih, in a statement that came less than a week after the one in which he appealed to Nigerians to ensure the unity of the country during and after the elections, urged the North to consider the decades of cooperation given by the people of the South-South to candidates of the North and reciprocate the gesture with a renewed mandate for Jonathan.
firstclassnewsline.net
He said it wasthe right of the northerners to aspire to be the President of the country, but begged them to jettison such ambition by supporting Jonathan at the moment.
The statement reads, “Last week, I made a passionate appeal to Nigerians on the need for us to ensure, during the forthcoming elections, that the nation remains unified and keeps moving forward in unity.
“With a few days to commencement of the 2015 Presidential election, I find it expedient to send this appeal specifically to our brothers and sisters in the Northern states.
“The election is the most important as it is the precursor to the elections at the state level, which come up on February 28. For me, however, the critical issue in the February 14 Presidential election is justice.”
While I do not intend to wish away your legitimate right to be President, I urge you to consider the decades of cooperation given by the people of the South-South to candidates of the North.”
The former Minister of Works said in all the democratic elections in Nigerian history, in which a Northerner had contested, statistics showed that the South-South often voted overwhelmingly for such a candidate.
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