By Emma Arubi / Snr. Correspondent, Warri
A pressure group, G15, has applauded President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision accept to run in the 2015 presidential election, saying the decision is in line with the desire of a vast majority of Nigerians.
Deputy Director-General of the group, Mr. Emmanuel Akumagba, said this Abuja on arrival at the Eagle Square for the presidential declaration, noting that with the President’s acceptance, all ongoing projects will be completed and new ones undertaken across the country.
Akumagba, who extolled the leadership qualities of Mr. President, said the Boko Haram insurgency is a passing phase in the history of Nigeria and called on the President to take drastic action to contain the menace of innocent citizens in the country.
He appealed to the Northern leaders and political elite to call the insurgents to order, saying the action is of the group is capable of dividing the country along religious lines. He also asked the leaders of the sect to rethink their action, saying their stance goes against Islamic principles.
Akumagba, who led thousands of Deltans to the formal declaration by Mr. President, advised the opposition parties in the country to play by the rules of the game and desist from making inflammatory statements capable of inciting the public and painting the President in bad light. According to him, “Being in the opposition does not mean you can never see anything good in the Jonathan administration. If you must criticise as in all democracies, you must exhibit some high level of modicum and decorum in your use of language”.
He condemned the APC leadership for seeing only failure of government policies and not putting forward reasonable and meaningful suggestions to help the country move forward.
While calling on INE to ensure a level playing field for all candidates irrespective of their political leaning, he stated that INEC has displayed enough fairness in the conduct of recent elections in the country.
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