ABUJA—VICE President Namadi Sambo; Senate President David Mark; National
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mua’zu;
Chairman, Board of Trustees, BoT, of PDP, Chief Tony Anenih, governors
elected on the platform of the party were among prominent Nigerians who,
yesterday, were absent at the public presentation and launch of a book
on the achievements of President Goodluck Jonathan.
Jonathan
Also
absent at the event which took place at the well decorated Ladi Kwali
Hall, Sheraton Hotels, Abuja, with fireworks to usher in the 112-page
book entitled “Profile of achievements” put together by PDP Youth
Network, were the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory
Administration, FCTA, Senator Bala Mohammed; Secretary to the Government
of the Federation, SGF, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim; members of PDP
National Working Committee, NWC; the chief launcher, Chief Prince Arthur
Eze, among others.
Jonathan, who was expected at the launch of the
book which chronicled his achievements, was absent without sending any
representative just as ministers, senators, House of Representatives
members as well as other prominent Nigerians were absent and did not
send representatives.
Chairman, PDP Governors’ Forum and Akwa Ibom
State governor, Godswill Akpabio, was absent and was also not
represented. Governor Murktar Ramallan Yero of Kaduna and Ibrahim Shema
of Katsina, however, sent representatives.
Buhari, an old plane parked for too long
— Ahmadu Ali
In
his speech at the event, former PDP National Chairman, Dr. Ahmadu Ali
who took a swipe at the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives
Congress, General Muhammadu Buhari, however, likened him to an old plane
that has been parked for too long, whose functionality cannot be
guaranteed, just as he boasted that Nigerians will,by 2019 celebrate the
successes of President Jonathan when he must have completed his tenure.
Represented
by Akeem Atojoko, Ali who is the Director-General, PDP 58- member
National Campaign Council, NCC however likened President Jonathan to a
plane that has been working for ten years, which in aviation rules,
would be better and well guaranteed than a new one that has just been
purchased.
According to him, critics of President Jonathan take
advantage of his taciturn nature to always insult him but if he were a
garrulous person and he attacks them regularly, they would have for long
stopped the insults.
He said: “The book is a must read, if our
President was lousy, there will be no avenue for the opposition to trade
words and blames at him. He is easy going and quiet and he is digital.
“We
will be here in 2019 to celebrate the successes of President Jonathan
when he must have completed his work. With the course I did on Aviation,
we were told that a 10-year plane which has been working is far better
than a brand new one you buy today. Buhari is an old plane that has been
parked for long, we have a plane that has been flying; if you have a
plane that has been flying for 10 years, it is better and trusted than a
new one.“
Reviewing the book, former Minister of Information,
Professor Jerry Gana, who hailed the PDP Youth Network for coming up
with such a research material on the achievements of the president,
however urged the Federal Government to, in 2015, review its strategies
on how to fight the Boko Haram sect, adding that there was the need for
all hands to be on the deck to nip in the bud, the security challenge in
some parts of the country.
Represented by Prof. Sam Andii, Gana
who noted that the youths must be supported and encouraged to get there,
stressed the need for the government to put in place measures of
regulating and monitoring of its policies to ensure that the aim and
objectives of putting them in place were realised.
On the book,
he advised the organisers to ensure that they balance the write up not
only highlighting the achievements, but the challenges for adjustment,
even as he said what the President had done would be a template for what
he would do come 2015.
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