Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, Oloye Jumoke Akinjide, has urged Nigerians to re-elect President Goodluck Jonathan because things can only get better under him.
While addressing management and staff of University College Hospital, Ibadan during a visit intended to intimate the hospital community of her plans for the hospital in 2015, she outlined the achievements of President Jonathan.
She said “The freest and fairest elections in Nigeria held under President Jonathan. Between 2011 and now we have had five bye-elections out of which the opposition parties won four and PDP only won one in Ekiti State.
“President Jonathan believes in rule of law and sanctity of the Nigerian constitution. He does not use power arbitrarily.
“In our 100 years of existence as a nation, Nigeria had 24 universities but in four years of Jonathan, he has added half of what we had in 100 years. The issue of low standard of education among youths and children has been frontally tackled with the introduction of Almajiri schools in the north.
“More so, he organised the national conference where all decisions were taken by consensus and creation of additional states, especially Ibadan State, which has been a mirage for years.
“On women empowerment, at present, there is 35 per cent women inclusion in government with a promise of increasing it to 50 percent if re-elected.
“Apart from guaranteeing that the nation’s press operates in an atmosphere of total freedom, President Goodluck Jonathan assented to the Freedom of Information Act which gives Nigerians access to information on government activities and policies.
“If President Jonathan has done this much, I can assure you that things can only get better under his watch if re-elected.”