Senator Aniete Okon, a delegate representing Akwa Ibom at the National Conference, and a Peoples Democratic Party chieftain has said that President Goodluck Jonathan should be granted an automatic ticket to contest the 2015 elections.
He said the President’s development strides against the backdrop of Boko Haram terror in the country necessitated his coming back for a second term.
“In PDP, The President has the conventional right of first refusal. The party without excluding any other aspirants, must in the manner of universal convention of parties in most democratic realms invite the incumbent to bear the party’s standard in an election on the incumbent‘s record. In the PDP, we believe that Mr. President has more than made the mark.
”His record, given the distractions posed by the concert of dark intrigues that spawned hydra-headed conflicts and consequential breaches of security that eroded our sovereignty recommends Mr. President to justifiably present himself for re-election.
“In the PDP, there is no credible aspiration that will be worth a passing glance. We are ready. It is the opposition that has the daunting task of house-keeping to sort themselves and establish some thing akin to order.”
According to him, the construction of the second Niger Bridge, the newly completed international airport in Enugu, revitalisation of the railway transportation system, improvement of the agricultural sector, massive road construction across the country, among others, were enough reasons for voting President Jonathan to power again.
Source: The Herald Nigeria
