The presidency wants Nigerians to re-elect President
Goodluck Jonathan, and they have given 12 reasons why
you should.
According to Punch, the reasons were listed in an article
titled, Twelve reasons to support Jonathan, published in the
current edition of the in-house magazine of the State
House, Abuja, called Villascope .
However, the exact 12 reasons haven’t been listed
verbatim by news sources. Only a general overview of the
points were given.
Here is a summary:
[+] Advances in road construction: The report states that
“Jonathan met 4,500km of motorable roads but
constructed/rehabilitated 25,000 km of roads.” This helped
drastically reduce travel time nationwide.
[+] Improved educational infrastructure: Jonathan built
125 Almajiri schools, 14 universities and special schools
for girls in 27 states. He gave 101 scholarships to first-class
graduates to pursue postgraduate courses in the best 25
universities in the world. He sponsored 7,000 lecturers of
federal and state universities and polytechnics for
postgraduate studies to improve quality teaching.
[+] Railway rehabilitation: Five million Nigerians now
travel by train after the present administration
rehabilitated the nation’s railway.
[+] Increased access to housing: 1,000 housing units have
been built in the six geo-political zones of the country.
[+] Remodeling of airports
[+] A transformed agriculture sector
[+] Improved power and water supply
[+] Better health facilities and reformed security
infrastructures
[+] Economic transformation
[+] Nigerians’ increased participation in downstream oil
sector
Goodluck Jonathan, and they have given 12 reasons why
you should.
According to Punch, the reasons were listed in an article
titled, Twelve reasons to support Jonathan, published in the
current edition of the in-house magazine of the State
House, Abuja, called Villascope .
However, the exact 12 reasons haven’t been listed
verbatim by news sources. Only a general overview of the
points were given.
Here is a summary:
[+] Advances in road construction: The report states that
“Jonathan met 4,500km of motorable roads but
constructed/rehabilitated 25,000 km of roads.” This helped
drastically reduce travel time nationwide.
[+] Improved educational infrastructure: Jonathan built
125 Almajiri schools, 14 universities and special schools
for girls in 27 states. He gave 101 scholarships to first-class
graduates to pursue postgraduate courses in the best 25
universities in the world. He sponsored 7,000 lecturers of
federal and state universities and polytechnics for
postgraduate studies to improve quality teaching.
[+] Railway rehabilitation: Five million Nigerians now
travel by train after the present administration
rehabilitated the nation’s railway.
[+] Increased access to housing: 1,000 housing units have
been built in the six geo-political zones of the country.
[+] Remodeling of airports
[+] A transformed agriculture sector
[+] Improved power and water supply
[+] Better health facilities and reformed security
infrastructures
[+] Economic transformation
[+] Nigerians’ increased participation in downstream oil
sector