Politics Nigeria Must Move Forward – Jonathan

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President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday advised Nigerians to resist attempts by some people to frustrate the progress being recorded across the country.

He gave the advice while addressing the Benue State people at the Presidential Campaign rally in Makurdi.

''Some people are trying to push us backwards but they will never succeed.This country must move; we can no longer go backwards; we must move forward.

''Nigeria must move forward. Forward ever, backward never.’’

The president said his administration would remain focused in its transformation with the provision of social infrastructure, quality education and respect for the attributes of every individual.

Jonathan said the prosperity of women and the youth remained paramount and the administration would continue to reposition the youth and women to attain their potential in the global arena.

''We have also started a presidential scholarship to train among youths those who will create opportunities for this country. We are talking about the IT (Information Technology) revolution and about going to the moon; we must encourage and empower you.

''That is why we have special scholarship for very special people to work with us, to work with our Nollywood family to work with our sportsmen and women to move the Nigerian youth forward. There is no government, no Federal government that has encouraged women more than this government.

''We are not just encouraging women to just become ministers in Nigeria. But we want to push them to international limelight.

He thanked the Benue people for standing for a united country and for giving the nation the person of Senate President David Mark who had stabilised the National Assembly and remained committed to the oneness of the country.

Jonathan said Benue voted massively for PDP in the past and that his administration would continue to reciprocate by providing alternative means of transportation and roads that would improve industrialization and the agriculture value chain in the state.

He said this was the first time that the Federal Government had shown commitment to massive agriculture.

''This government believes that in the next four years we will stop the importation of rice and Benue state is important in the programme. This administration will encourage agriculture at the secondary and the tertiary levels.’’

He also promised to build a teaching hospital in Benue and open a faculty of medicine in the Agriculture University in the state to be financed from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND).

''In PDP we do not deceive, what we promise we do. We are encouraging young people in sports, Nollywood and acting. We believe that we must encourage the young people and we recently created the first young female pilot from Katsina state.

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