President Goodluck Jonathan Friday said he had fulfilled the promises he made to Nigerians during his 2011 campaign.
He said this while inaugurating a five-seater air-conditioned passenger inter-city rail transport system that will link Makurdi, Benue State with Port-Harcourt, Rivers State.
Jonathan, who was represented by Vice-President Namadi Sambo, said the country had witnessed transformation, especially in the transport sector during his administration.
He said, “President Jonathan has ensured the fulfilment of the promises he made to Nigerians by transforming the country, especially the transport sector as a critical infrastructure.
“Today’s event is a commitment of our unflinching services. This transformation is in three phases: System transition, system modernisation and system stabilisation”.
Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State applauded the President for reviving the “moribund” railway system which he said had been abandoned for the past thirty years.
He said, “Transformation does not need noise. We need young people to run government, but not old people who are too weak; the old people should guide us to continue the Transformation Agenda.”
The Chairman, Nigerian Railway Cooperation and former National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, Bamanga Tukur, said the commitment of the Federal Government in the railway sector had boosted the economy.
The Minister of Transport, Idris Umar, also charged the people to take advantage of the opportunity provided by the present administration in the railway sector.
However, some Makurdi residents have described the inauguration as “window dressing.”
One of them, simply identified as Terkuma, asked, “How can a dead railway system that has been moribund in the last thirty years come to life in just three days?”
He described the event as a campaign strategy to woo the Benue electorate.
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Jonathan is really working, we now have uninterrupted power supply, low cost of education, efficient health service delivery without strike, cheap life-style, guaranteed security to the point that we sleep with two eyes closed, effective bureaucracy, good road network, employment for youth, corrupt free government and lots more. The system is really functioning and their work is really speaking for them!
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DeleteGood talk from president Jonathan,but U only fulfilled your promises on this area you bring back our girls,stealing is not corruption,stable power supply,adequate ammunitions for our soldiers to fight boko haram,international recognition as most corrupt country in the world and advanced technology to fight your opponents,thanks sir Mr presido.the most educated president and unfinished PHD.holder in Nigeria
ReplyDeleteThe. Comedians in PDP are so numerous. As rightly asked by the Benue indigent, how can, in a country like Nigeria, such feat of reawakening an institution as dead as the Railways in 3 days? These are all political abracadabra aimed at wooing voters.
ReplyDeleteYou always say things that will bring insult to you, what kind of President are you. We will love to respect our President but our President need to respect himself as well.
ReplyDeleteNo you did not, Mr. Jonathan. You wasted for or more years of our valuable time. It's time for you to go.
ReplyDeleteThe Great Joker. Nigerians are nt fool like u. End of the Road for you.
ReplyDeleteAnyhow we c it,it is a welcome development am still Xpectin more bfor election. Kip it up jona
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