Presidential election will decide future of Nigeria, says Ekweremadu

Enugu – The Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike
Ekweremadu, says the March 28 presidential
elections will decide the future of Nigeria.
Ekweremadu made the statement in Enugu on
Thursday while rounding off his campaign.
He said that Nigerians needed to be guided by their
conscience to make informed choices that would
lead to sustenance of the ongoing transformation in
the country.
“Saturday is going to be a very defining day for us
as the outcome of the election will decide the future
of this country.
“There is a lot happening under the administration of
President Goodluck Jonathan that we need to
sustain,” he said.
The senator representing Enugu West Senatorial
zone at the National Assembly appealed to his
constituents and other Nigerians to vote for the
PDP.
Ekweremadu said that he was optimistic that
Nigerians would not be beclouded by ethnic or
religious sentiments, but should show sense of
patriotism at such a defining moment.
“It appears to me that some of the efforts we have
made to live in peace are being eroded by some of
the things people say in the areas of religion and
tribe.
“Sometimes, when people insist that somebody
from their part of the country must be president, it
baffles me.
“This is because if you look at the history of those
that have ruled Nigeria even at the state level, their
local government areas are not even better.”
The senator said that Nigerians needed to look
beyond such destructive sentiments but should look
at having patriotic men who would see the whole
country as their constituency.
He said that the current administration had done a
lot in the areas of job creation and opening the
critical sectors of the economy.
Ekweremadu said that the current administration
was at the verge of creating unemployment benefit
for the aged through enabling legislations. (NAN)