Ahead of the presidential election, slated for this month, the ACCORD Party has adopted President Goodluck Jonathan as its presidential candidate thus expanding his support base ahead of the poll.
According to the party, it would not field a presidential candidate on its platform in the election, but would support President Jonathan to win the election.
Addressing a crowded world press conference yesterday in Abuja, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Chief Nureini Adisa alongside other members of the party’s National Working Committee, NWC, said Jonathan remained the best candidate for the presidency.
Adisa listed among other remarkable achievements on which the ACCORD Party has grounded his adoption to include the promotion and preservation of the corporate entity and unity of the nation, the appreciable growth of the economy and the transformation agenda that is making a desirable impact in the nation’s infrastructure.
Referring to President Jonathan, Adisa said, “His bold step in convening the National Conference has portrayed him as a strong leader contrary to his perception by the opposition as a weak President.”
He said the ACCORD Party believed that Jonathan “is giving his all in the fight against insurgency in the north eastern part of the country and has effectively rallied the entire country into seeing terrorists as enemies of Nigeria.”
Jonathan, he stated, “has so far beaten all his predecessors in conducting free, fair and credible elections,” adding that, he has “effectively integrated the women folk into the helm of affairs of governance and has even surpassed the provisions of affirmative action.”
“In therefore adopting him as our preferred choice, in the presidential election coming up on 14th February, we are enjoining our candidates nationwide to key into the decision of the NWC and go out en-mass to work towards the re-election of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and ensure his victory at the polls,” he added.
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