Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko who defected to the People's Democratic Party(PDP) from Labour Party (LP) on whose platform he contested and won the 2007 and 2012 governorship elections of the State has given reasons for his defection.
Speaking in Abuja on Thursday, the governor said he took the decision in the interest of democracy, stating that the Jonathan led administration has been able to improve the plight of the citizenry.
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"It is evident to all who care to look well enough that our country is today at a critical historical juncture"
"Challenges that are in regular climes and under normal circumstances should have been corporately addressed for the good of the land are now being further deepened and tossed up as elements in political brinkmanship. Our fault lines as a nation are being further cemented on the alter of partisan bickering. Yet the nation goes on hurting; our democracy institution go on cranking under undue pressure" he noted.
"Even so, I am very well persuaded that if we manage to remain on this democratic governance track, warts and all, Nigeria has a good chance of living above it's present challenges. It may indeed be on to creating an enduring and responsive system, to which the interest of our people, especially the weak and the disadvantaged, would be the singular concern"
This is why, for me, perhaps the most critical task before us as a people today is to ensure the survival of our extant democracy project. It is in this broad context that we situate our current engagement in the Nigerian political firmament. It is also this that has made to the emergent Goodluck Jonathan tendency in this same firmament quite imperative"
He went on to say that the current administration has performed creditably and also drew up support for it especially from the southwest geographical zone. He made it clear that before joining the PDP, he made the needed consultation with the major stakeholders who gave him their support. He also made it clear that the purpose was to help GEJ's re-election
"Our immediate target is to help the process of getting president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan re-elected. We hope to be part of process of creating, especially in the southwest, a solid and robust platform of involvement in the election of the president, governors and legislators and post election governance structure which will help to engender rapid socioeconomic development"
Mimiko's defection is the latest blow to LP whose national chairman, Dan Nwanyanwu bowed out on September 10.
Meanwhile, Mimiko's friend, Femi Fani-Kayode posted the tweet below in support of the governor....
Source ~ AIT!
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