Thursday, February 5, 2015

SEVEN GOOD REASONS TO VOTE PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN

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1. ECONOMY: Under his watch Nigeria became the largest economy in Africa and the 26th largest in the world.

2. AGRICULTURE: Food import bill has reduced by about 50% in the last four years, 99% of farmers now have easy access to the fertilizers compared to less than 20% before 2011. Plus 6million farmers have registered for the Growth support Scheme under the Agricultural transformation Agenda.

3. EDUCATION: Built nine universities, and 150 Almajiri Schools -the first of its kind in the country.

4. HEALTH: A vastly improved primary and tertiary health care system climaxed with the signing of the National Health Bill into law, and a remarkable improvement of the health care indices.
5. INFRASTRUCTURE: There are about 25,000 kilometers of motor able federal roads today compared to 5,000 before 2011, including the Benin -Ore Road and Abuja -Lokoja axis. Trains are now operating from Lagos -Kano, and Enugu - Port-Harcourt for the first time in 30 years. Most airports in the country are wearing a new look and new airports have been developed in Jigawa, Kebbi, Bauchi, Uyo, Asaba, and Jalingo.

6 .POLITICS: The President has conducted free and fair elections during his first term, always first to congratulate winners even when they were from opposing parties. Nigerians have enjoyed freedom of speech and our fundamental human rights have not been abridged.

7. YOUTH/WOMEN EMPOWERMENT: Thousands of youths empowered through YouWin programme, and 35% federal appointments for women - all quality appointments, e.g Finance, Petroleum, Water Resources, Housing, and Environment.