President
Goodluck Jonathan has put in motion, with his top aides, strategies to
stop the increasing popularity of the fast-growing political party, the
APC, in the South-West, the North-East and the North-West.
One of the sources said that the meeting reviewed how Nigerians across the six geo-political zones might vote in 2015 and concluded that the Presidential election would no longer be easy for PDP.
The source added that Jonathan and the strategists agreed that the APC had a firm grip on the South-West and therefore resolved that concrete measures should be adopted to woo the zone.
One of such measures, according to him, may be to allocate the position of the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria or the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, to the South-West.
It was learnt that those at the meeting were in unison that giving either of the two positions would go a long way in reducing allegation of marginalisation against the Jonathan administration by the South-West.
Another Aso Rock source said, “You must agree that we also need to do extra work in the North-East and North-West where our party’s popularity is waning to get as many people as possible on our side.”
“We knew that many people voted for the PDP during the presidential election in 2011 because of President Jonathan’s popularity and not because of the party he represented. This was the reason why the President won in four out of the six states in the South-West.
“With the alignment of the forces against the PDP and the President across the country, especially in the zone (South-West) now, we need to work hard to gain their confidence."High-ranking Aso Rock officials told Punch in Abuja, on Sunday, that this informed a recent meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and his strategists in the Presidential Villa recently.
One of the sources said that the meeting reviewed how Nigerians across the six geo-political zones might vote in 2015 and concluded that the Presidential election would no longer be easy for PDP.
The source added that Jonathan and the strategists agreed that the APC had a firm grip on the South-West and therefore resolved that concrete measures should be adopted to woo the zone.
One of such measures, according to him, may be to allocate the position of the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria or the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, to the South-West.
It was learnt that those at the meeting were in unison that giving either of the two positions would go a long way in reducing allegation of marginalisation against the Jonathan administration by the South-West.
Another Aso Rock source said, “You must agree that we also need to do extra work in the North-East and North-West where our party’s popularity is waning to get as many people as possible on our side.”
10 comments:
Anonymous10 February, 2014 09:59look at mumu did you think yoruba people are tribes of come and take biscuit like your tribe even obj there son surfer for his action this are the people who knew there right and if you ever betray them u can never take there blessing anymore they voted you not because your party is pdp but ijaw man nd when u get there you turn against them like your enemy how many ijaw man went to abuja to protest during acting palavaReply- Tunji10 February, 2014
