Governor
of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, yesterday, advised people of the
South-South region to stop criticising President Goodluck Jonathan
publicly.
He
said that as a son of the region, the president should be given the
support to enable him succeed, noting that “politics in Nigeria is still
very regional.”
The
governor, at a luncheon to mark this year’s Democracy Day in, Asaba,
after commissioning a number of projects, told the gathering that he was
on course in realising his three-point agenda before the end of his
tenure.
He
said: “I need to say that the South-South, to which Delta State
belongs, has produced the President, Dr. Jonathan. He is the first
President from the region and I want to remind us that he was the Vice
President, when President Umaru Yar’Adua died. Of course, he became the
President and just before he could find his feet as President, there was
an election in which he took part and eventually became the President.
“Today,
Jonathan has effectively become the President of Nigeria. We will not
forget that. I am emphasising this because people compare his two years
to eight years spent by other presidents. He has just spent two years
in office and a lot has happened. I am sure many of you must have
listened to his mid-term report today (yesterday). It is full in the
areas of power, roads, airports. And so, because he is our son, we must
give him maximum support.
“As
a state government, we are giving him maximum support and I am urging
all of us from Delta State to give him the support to succeed because
the politics of Nigeria is still very regional. Every region is
struggling for its interest. No other region is struggling for your
interest and we must understand that. It is a game of interests.”
Source: Vanguard
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