2015: Jonathan Wants To Focus On Governance, Not Politics – Abati

jonathan_2015The Presidency on  Monday maintained that President Goodluck Jonathan has not made up his mind yet on whether to contest the 2015 presidential election or not.

Speaking on a Raypower FM radio programme, Fact File, in reaction to the allegation that Mr. Jonathan’s 2015 ambition is heating up the polity, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati said his boss was focussed on delivering dividends of democracy to Nigerians despite the fact that some people, who he described as concentrating on politics, are bent on distracting him.

Noting that Mr. Jonathan is doing well on the mandate given to him by Nigerians, Abati said that nobody has been able to convincingly dispute the mid-term report presented to Nigerians.

On 2015, he said: “Well to the best of my knowledge the President has never at any time discussed 2015. He has never at any time say this is his position on 2015. His position has been consistent and straight forward and that has been the president saying look let’s focus on governance.

“If the Nigerian people have given you an assignment, it is your duty to deliver and move the country forward that is what we want to focus on. And that was the statement about the mid -term report that was publicly presented.”

He continued: “Two years down the line the President presented to the Nigerian people scorecard of what they have been able to do. He said I took over and now two years down the line I have moved the country forward, this is the evidence. Nobody has been able to dispute the evidence. So we must be able to make a distinction between politicking, the fact and reality.”

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  1. A debate between me and a representative of NAFDAC was promised after I spoke about my meeting with late Dr. (Mrs.) Dora Akunyili in relation with genetic engineering application to agriculture and the consequences of consuming what is products with it called GM food.

    I am still waiting for that debate. I propose that alternatively, Agriculture should be discussed and I should be asked some questions regarding food security or any of the other attachments to agriculture as is normally done at Fact File.