Presidency: Wait till 2019 - Jang tells North

Plateau State Governor, Jonathan Jang, has asked the people of the Northern region to be patient and wait till 2019 when President Goodluck Jonathan would have completed his second term in office.

Jang, who spoke at a town hall meeting in Pankshin and Mangu local government areas on Thursday, urged northerners to vote for Jonathan and all the Peoples Democratic Party candidates in today’s election.

He said the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Gen. Mohammadu Buhari (retd.), was removed as head of state by his colleagues in the military because he lacked focus.

“If Buhari did not perform as head of state, he will not do anything as a civilian President and therefore lacks the credentials to represent the North,” he said.

The governor, who decried what he called skewed distribution of Permanent Voter Cards by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the state, said he was optimistic that with the PVCs so far distributed, Plateau would deliver 1.8 million votes to Jonathan.

Jang said, “We need a President that will consolidate on the achievements so far recorded in the power sector, we have the trains moving today and the corruption that had been alarming in the agricultural sector has been tackled. Farmers now get fertiliser without hitches. So, the North should be patient and allow President Jonathan to finish his second tenure in 2019.”

The Senator representing Plateau Central, Chief Joshua Dariye, urged all political stakeholders to vote for Jonathan.

“We should take the Saturday (today) election very seriously because we cannot afford to underrate the opposition,” he said.

The PDP governorship candidate in the state, Senator Gyang Pwajok, said the task of re-electing Jonathan and other PDP candidates was a collective responsibility that must be pursued vigorously.

Presidency: Wait till 2019 - Jang tells North