Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Tambuwal has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to do the honourable thing and resign from office due to his poor leadership, or wait to be disgraced by the electorates that will vote him out in 2015, so that Nigeria can enjoy peace once again.
“I call on President Jonathan to resign from office because of all these misgovernance and the untold hardship Nigerians are presently passing through. If he fails to do that, it is therefore incumbent on us as a people to turn en-masse and vote out Goodluck Ebele Jonathan come 2015. That will bring peace, progress and development of Nigeria,” said Tambuwal at the public declaration of Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State, for second term in office on Wednesday.
The embattled speaker, while addressing the mammoth crowd at the Metropolitan Square, Asa Dam, Ilorin, Kwara State capital advised the people of Kwara to build on the rich political history of the state and vote the All Progressives Congress (APC) into power again in Kwara, and now at the centre.
“In Kwara state your political history is very rich. You have had the foundation of the political struggle of this state laid by our late leader, Dr Olusola Saraki. This structure that is being sustained by God Almighty who has always delivered Kwara to the right place.
“I believe that this time around there will not be anything different. With the support of the people of the state APC shall form 100 percent the government in the state from the local council to state Assembly and to the government house. Eventually and ultimately the state has always been providing leadership in the politics of this country.
“When it comes to presidential elections, I am sure that the state will provide such leadership to the extent that we shall deliver this country to the government at the centre to APC.
“By voting APC at the centre you will be voting for prosperity and eradication of poverty. What we are witnessing today in Nigeria is not governance, but mis-governance. We are witnessing a system that does not have the interest of the people of this country at heart,” Tambuwal added.
Governor Ahmed, in his address said: “I pay homage to my predecessors for laying the foundation for a flourishing Kwara State that we upscaled through Shared Prosperity. Our state is much better than we met it and is growing everyday. Today, before all of you, I make bold to say we have essentially fulfilled our covenant and in the process strengthened your faith in governance.”
Ahmed spoke of his achievements as governor and declared his intention to run for a second term in office.
“I humbly and formally declare my intention to run for a second term in office so that I can do more for our state and its people. By the grace of God and with your mandate, we intend to accelerate the development of our state when re-elected for a second term in office,” Ahmed said.
