Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim has said that government agents are going round the country to collect the signatures of Nigerians who want President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2015 Presidential election for his second term in office.
Anyim, who spoke yesterday at the South-West zonal rally of Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) held at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium (former Liberty Stadium), Oke-Ado, Ibadan, said that the signatures compilation for Jonathan’s return for second term is an ongoing exercise.
He said that similar rallies would be held in all the geo-political zones of the country before the presentation of the “overall documents in Abuja next month”
The SGF received collection of booklets from the Chief of Staff to the President, Jones Arogbofa. Over 1,800,000 people were said to have appended their signatures, asking President Jonathan to run again for the 2015 Presidency
Anyim commended the people of the zone for the love and support they have clearly demonstrated for President Jonathan.
At the rally, the Ekiti State governor-elect, Peter Ayodele Fayose, and some of the ministers from the South West geo-political zone were conspicuously absent and no reason was given for their absence.
Before presenting the booklets to the SGF, Arogbofa described the South West zone as a home to Mr. President, recalling that the zone was the first to adopt him ahead of the 2011 election.
He called on the people of the zone to join hands to give PDP resounding victory during the 2015 elections holding in February, noting that Jonathan had proved himself a performing and transforming public servant since his election in 2011.
“I want to call on my people to let us work with unity of purpose and I can assure all of us that if we work together, the reward will be superlative. We worked for Mr. President in 2011 and we all can see that there is no regret and this time around, we will not regret but have more and better reward.” [myad]
