The Goodluck/Sambo Presidential Campaign
Organization has been reluctant to take on
Mallam Adamu Ciroma as he leads the charge
against the legitimate aspiration of
President Goodluck Jonathan to seek his
party’s nomination to contest the 2011
presidential elections.
This reluctance has derived from our utmost
respect for him as an elder statesman, a
party grandee and a man to whom this country
has given a lot. The least the people of
Nigeria expect from a man of his status is
to help build the country and help repair
any ethnic and sectional faultlines that may
exist.
But alas, Mallam Adamu Ciroma has
taken on a rather divisive role. Insisting
that he is speaking for the North he has
been playing the politics of division and in
a way which would not edify the country’s
unity. This insistence flies in the face of
overwhelming evidence of the yearning of all
Nigerians including those Mallam Adamu
Ciroma said he is speaking for to see change
in the way this country is governed and
especially in their material condition.
Indeed, every available indication is that
our people are sick to death with the
divisive politics of yesterday and those who
have been responsible for the country’s
underdevelopment and regression. No one
should delude himself that he is speaking
for the North or any other part of the
country for that matter unless they are
willing to go along with the people’s
yearning for change, fundamental change.
With regards to the PDP’s zoning
formular the party, noting the circumstances
of President Jonathan’s ascension to the
Presidency and his legitimate ambition, has
decided that he is entitled to contest just
as other aspirants. Any loyal party man
should have the discipline to abide by the
decision of the party.
The Goodluck/Sambo Presidential
Campaign Organization recognizes the last
ditch ambition of some aspirants for whom
2011 represents a last chance to fulfill
their dream. But that desperation should not
be equated with the interest of our people.
It is Almighty God speaking through
the people who will determine the future of
Nigeria and President Jonathan and not the
arrogant few who seek to play God.
Sully
Abu is the director media and publicity of
the Goodluck/Sambo Campaign Organization
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