The victory of President Goodluck Jonathan in the next week’s Presidential election has been signed sealed and delivered according to Yomi Awoniyi, Kogi State Deputy Governor, advised the people of Mopamuro LGA not to do selective voting in the next week’s general election but to vote for all PDP candidates.
Awoniyi made the remarks when he addressed Ward to Ward canvassers and PDP supporters in Mopamuro LGA at the weekend, and solicited support for all the National Assembly candidates of the party.
The Deputy Governor urged the people not to embark on selective voting as is been clamored for by some persons, disclosing that for President Jonathan to continue the good works he has begun in the next dispensation, he needs to have majority legislators who are of the PDP in the National Assembly, urged the people not to be swayed by the propaganda of the opposition, disclosing that the PDP aside its earlier challenge before the election, is now poised to emerge victorious in the next week poll.
In his words,” Come may 28, PDP will win the presidential election. I urge you to vote for the Senate and House of Representative candidates as well. We cannot afford to vote minority parties. We will do ourselves great harm I beg you all “.
Awoniyi maintained that President Jonathan has done well by introducing YouWin programme, Sure-P, Reactivating the Railway, and providing Good Road as well as improve Electricity, (Geregu power Station), Reactivation of Ajaokuta Steel Company among other projects.
The Deputy Governor urged the people to vote for Jonathan and all PDP candidates for more dividends of Democracy in Kogi State.
He solicited support for the return of Senator Smart Adeyemi and Hon Sunday Karimi, pleaded with the people to work for an overwhelming and convincing victory in the general election for the party.
According to Awoniyi, “let’s forgive all the candidates of the party whom we may be dissatisfied with. We stand to benefit more if the party wins. I beg on behalf of all our candidates and I assure you that with the lessons we have learn, the next four years will be better, everyone will be carried along”, Awoniyi said.
While noting that Mopamuro has always been a PDP area, charged the canvassers to reach out to the electorates, embark on house to house visitation, with the view to woo them to vote the PDP based on the achievements of President Jonathan in the last four years.
Awoniyi said Jonathan remains one amongst the best performed president the country has ever produced, said his achievements had been under reported little wonder the misinformation be made in the minds of Nigerians.
Earlier the PDP Local Government Chairmen, Shogo Williams, said the meeting was called to disabuse the minds of some party members who are bent on embarking on selective voting of candidates ahead the general election, and to educate them on the benefit of voting President Jonathan alongside all the candidates of the PDP whom he said when elected will ease the work of President Jonathan in delivering democracy dividends to the people in the next dispensation.
