THE presidency on Friday assessed the performance of previous Nigerian leaders since independence and concluded that even though they did well within the circumstances they found themselves, none of them achieved half of what President Goodluck Jonathan has done in four years.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, who made this assertion during a 4-Day Public Affairs Forum organised in Abuja to highlight the achievements of the present administration, also gave a hint on the campaign strategy the administration would adopt towards the 2015 presidential election.
He described as “nonsense” claims that the transformation agenda of the Federal Government exists only in the media, regretting, however, that not much had been done to sell the good performance of government to the Nigerian people.
Naming the various Nigerian past leaders, the presidential aide remarked that they contributed immensely to the development of the country to their best ability as he observed that each of them had his own achievement.
“All past administrationsdid well but Jonathan is the best.
“No government from 1960 has done half of what Jonathan has done in four years,” he added.
Okupe revealed that the administration would unleash the achievements of President Jonathan on Nigerians during the campaign to convince them that he remained the best option for the country in the years to come.
He said: “It is nonsense to say that the transformation agenda of Jonathan exists only on the television. We have not spoken about what he has done. We are going to overwhelm Nigerians during the campaign.”
Okupe advised Nigerians to shun the antics of the opposition, saying that in spite of all their talks, they have not been able to tell Nigerians what they will offer.
He said: “People say they are coming. They haven’t said what they will do. Jonathan’s own is ‘we have done this, we have done that.’
“This election will be a no contest. We are telling the world what Jonathan has done. We will not stop until well beyond February.”
The Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, presented his ministry’s achievements in the last four years during the occasion with the theme, “The Jonathan administration: Four impactful years.”
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