Minister of State for the Federal
Capital Territory, Oloye Jumoke Akinjide, has said President Goodluck
Jonathan is Nigeria’s best President until date having accomplished
several outstanding achievements withing the past four years of his
administration.
She stated this while on a visit to the University College Hospital, Ibadan.
She listed the reformed and transparent
electoral process which has seen opposition parties win 4 out of 5 bye
elections held between 2011 and 2014.
In her words: “The freest and fairest
elections in Nigeria held under President Jonathan. Between 2011 and now
we have had five bye-elections out of which the opposition parties won
four and PDP only won one in Ekiti State. President Jonathan believes in
rule of law and sanctity of the Nigerian constitution. He does not use
power arbitrarily.”
Akinjide further hailed President
Jonathan for his giant strides in the education sector saying: “In our
100 years of existence as a nation, Nigeria had 24 universities but in
four years of Jonathan, he has added half of what we had in 100 years.
The issue of low standard of education among youths and children has
been frontally tackled with the introduction of Almajiri schools in the
north.
“More so, he organised the national
conference where all decisions were taken by consensus and creation of
additional states, especially Ibadan State, which has been a mirage for
years.”
On gender equality and women
empowerment, Akinjide said: “On women empowerment, at present, there is
35 per cent women inclusion in government with a promise of increasing
it to 50 percent if re-elected. Apart from guaranteeing that the
nation’s press operates in an atmosphere of total freedom, President
Goodluck Jonathan assented to the Freedom of Information Act which gives
Nigerians access to information on government activities and
policies. If President Jonathan has done this much, I can assure you
that things can only get better under his watch if re-elected.”
The Minister went ahead to pay glowing
credit to President Jonathan for privatising the power sector as it has
led to an increment of the country’s electricity capacity from 2,000
mega watts to 4,000 mega watts.
She also commended President Jonathan
for allowing incumbent Governors remain in office, even when state of
emergency is declared in the state, unlike what was obtainable during
the era of Olusegun Obasanjo, who did away with the elected officers.
“Why Pres. Jonathan is the best we’ve ever had” – FCT minister of state explains
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