More Groups Support Jonathan’s Re-Election Bid
More Groups Support Jonathan’s Re-Election Bid
Many groups have moved into the support umbrella of President Goodluck Jonathan in the Southeast zone following a move by Governor Theodore Orji to deepen the support base of Mr. President among the sociocultural groups According to a source who confided in The Union, the surge in pro-Jonathan groups was sparked by complaints by several cultural groups across the five states of the zone that they were not being carried along in the movement for the re-election of President Jonathan despite their soft spot for him.
It was further learnt that Governor Orji, who is the coordinator of President Jonathan’s campaign organisation had latched on to the enthusiasm being shown by various groups to enlist them in the project. To this end, he invited all “credible and visible” groups to a meeting at government house Umuahia where the groups were welcomed into the campaign structure.Orji was said to have told the enlisted groups that the major task facing them now was to sensitize the grassroots on the need for them to collect their permanent voters cards (PVC).
He noted that the opposition would be strengthened when those supporting Mr. President fail to collect their PVCs, which would guarantee their active participation in the democratic process. According to the source, who is a member of one of the groups that attended the meeting with Governor Orji, all the groups welcomed their integration into the campaign organisation.He said that they expressed gratitude to the Abia governor for seeing the various socio-cultural groups and pledged their willingness and commitment to take the message of Jonathan’s re-election to every nook and cranny of the Southeast zone.
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