Jonathan Commissions New Govt House After PDP Finale Rally In Asaba

BY FIDELIS EGUGBO

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has commissioned an ultra-modern Government House edifice in Asaba. The commissioning of the structure which is one of its kinds in this part of the world was done after the Presidential rally of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Asaba, on Wednesday, February 4, 2015.

It was surprising that Governor Uduaghan decided that the project commissioning should be like that. This is because the Governor, since the inception of his administration, has always maintained a low profile when it comes to blowing his trumpet. And of course, the commissioning of the new Government House structure was without much fanfare.

The Governor believes that he was elected to carry out do what he is doing. To him, why commission a water project if such project can comfortably ease the stress of the people or commission road which has made facilitated movement of people from one place or the other.

This could be the reason the Asaba Airport Project and many other landmark projects executed by the Uduaghan’s administration have not be commissioned. Of course, these projects are already serving the purposes they were designed and constructed for.

It was really a day of praises for Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan as all those who spoke at the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) rally took time to praise him for his efforts towards empowering the people. Of course his successor-in-waiting, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, was beaming with satisfactory smile as the PDP rally lasted. It is worthy to state that the gubernatorial candidate of the party has toured all parts of the state and his acceptability by the people was obvious from the praises heaped on him by the crowd that turned out for the rally.

President Jonathan, who spoke in pidgin, stated, “Delta nor dey carry last,” as he was enthusiastic with the level of organisations for the rally, the crowd was massive and obviously, he was making reference to the fact that he never had it so good during the rallies compared to what he saw in Delta State.

“Delta is a great state,” he reiterated and informed the people that he was seeking re-elections based on the fact that PDP remains the only political party that has the future of Nigeria at heart. To the President, his administration is empowering the youths and providing job opportunities that have never been seen in the history of Nigeria. Delta State is a beneficiary of such projects as his administration has established a Maritime University making Delta the only state with two federal universities.

He also stated that the more than 16 billion dollars gas city project would be the biggest oil and gas project in Africa when completed and disclosed that apart from the project giving a boost to the economy of the country, it will to a large extent, reduce unemployment among Nigerian youths.

Definitely, the President was confident about the massive votes he will receive from the oil-rich state as it was a more of a thank you visit bearing in mind that Deltans are comfortable with his administration’s Transformation Agenda for Nigeria.

His wife did not mince words on why Nigerian women in particular should vote for the President as she observed that no other President would be able to give women voice in the political terrain as President Jonathan has done. This is a verifiable fact as the women who are Ministers are doing very well and of course, during President Jonathan’s administration, women even took the pride of place in the judicial sector.

The Vice-President, Arch. Namadi Sambo, described President Jonathan as a man who deserves the votes of Nigerians bearing in mind that he is still young and vibrant. To him, the world has gone beyond having old men as leaders, observing that countries that have the best economies in the world have leaders who are less than sixty years old.

To the Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Adamu Muazu, “the people of Delta have shown love for a great party, the PDP from the beginning, the people of Delta State are great supporters of the PDP,” while the Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Seriake Dickson, asserted, “I am proud to be a Deltan with this wonderful crowd that I am seeing.”

Chairman of South South Governors Forum, Senator Liyel Imoke, also expressed gratitude to Governor Uduaghan for boosting the strength of the PDP in the state through his people-oriented projects and the Director-General of the campaign organisation for President Goodluck Jonathan, Senator Ahmadu Ali, shouted, “this crowd in Asaba today is superlative.”

He thanked Governor Uduaghan for carrying out programmes and executing projects which have made the people to remain committed to the PDP.

The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, described Governor Uduaghan’s empowerment programmes as that which has given succour to a lot of people from Anambra State. “Delta State is a state that has come first for more than three years as a result of micro-credit programme, many people from Anambra are doing business and they are comfortable,” Mr. Obi said.

Dr Uduaghan thanked President Goodluck Jonathan for a result-yielding human capital development programme which he observed has given recognition to those in the entertainment industry – musicians, actors cum actresses, comedians, among others, stating that more than 80 per cent of the beneficiaries of such gesture were Deltans.

He also observed that the President has encouraged sports development which has made Deltans to win gold medals for the country in the last Commonwealth Games assuring that the people of the state would vote massively for the PDP in the forthcoming elections.