Nigeria Vice president
Arc. Mohammed Namadi
The Nigerian Vice President, Arc. Mohammed Namadi Sambo, has called on Nigerian politician not to see politics and elections as fighting of wars, but to see it as a means of marketing of ideas and beliefs for national development.
The Vice President made this fact known to politicians at the meeting he had with the Executives and members of the coalition of political parties from Kaduna State who paid him a courtesy call in the State House, Abuja, the nation’s capital on Thursday, August 5.
New Concept of one and new Nigeria
The overwhelmed Vice President who met with a total of about 44 political parties described the meeting as “a new concept of one and new Nigeria” adding that for any meaning full elections to take place, politicians must co-operate for its success and delivery.
Arc. Sambo noted that as Nigeria is celebrating its 50th anniversary, government is determined to conduct a civilized election come 2011 stressing that the President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan is vigorously pursuing the one man one vote concept and promised that each vote will count.
He used the occasion to extol the qualities of the President describing him as a detribalized and patriotic Nigerian whose disposition is against ethnic, sectional or regional divides.
He further stated that government is fully committed to the provision of basic infrastructure needed for the development of the country citing the efforts of the government in the areas of Hydro Power generation to include the planned award of contract in the next eight weeks of the Zungeru Hydro Power project, which is expected to generate over 700 megawatts of power to the national grid.
“The other one is the Mambilla Hydro Power project which has three different Dams and whose documentation and award is slated for the first quarter of 2011. It is also expected to generate 2600 megawatts,” he stated.
The Vice President observed that an Eextra-ministerial committee that was set up on April 27 this year and chaired by Engr. Olapade, which comprises of members from Ministry of Environment, Federal Ministry of Power, Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) and three co-opted members from the Energy Commission of Nigeria, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) and Nigeria Electricity Energy Commission (NERC) were charged with the responsibility of examining the potentials of establishing a coal power plant.
Visit is to Show Solidarity
In his own contribution, the leader of the delegation and who is also the National Chairman of National Democrats (ND), Mr. Abdul Isiaq stated that the purpose of their visit is to show solidarity to the Goodluck/Sambo initiative toward contesting in the 2011 polls.
He congratulated the Vice President on his assumption of office and felicitated with him on his birthday while enjoining him to replicate all the laudable foot steps he had left behind in Kaduna State at the national level noting that he had laid a solid foundation in Kaduna for all to see.
The New Beginning
Mr. Isiaq noted that this shows a new beginning as various political parties are going out of their political parties to nominate candidates that have distinguished themselves in the pursuit of their endeavors.
He posited that this is the beginning of a new era and that they owe it as a moral duty to come out and support both the President and his Vice ticket as it is the guaranteed ticket for moving Nigeria to the next level.
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