Mark expressed the optimism while speaking on Wednesday at Mangu Mini Stadium, where he chaired the flag off campaign of the PDP governorship candidate in Plateau State, Senator Gyang Pwajok, ThisDay reports.
He said the PDP will not only win the presidential and other elective positions, but will do so transparently in a free and fair contest that will be acceptable to the country’s main opposition, the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Mark, who described Pwajok as credible, competent, intelligent and hardworking person, said the candidate’s reputable credentials and integrity will make not only members of the PDP to vote for him but some members of the APC will equally do the same.
“The PDP in the North-central has deliberately chosen its candidates to win the geo-political zone. North-central is PDP and PDP is North-central. We will deliver for President Jonathan and all elective positions during the February general election. The PDP is not only going to win in a free, fair and credible election, but we will make sure we win in a transparent election. We in the North-central are known for doing what is right and we must do the right thing by giving our block votes to President Jonathan and all our candidates,” Mark said.
The senate president advised Nigerians to shun politics of violence and ensure they have their voters cards, adding that “we in the National Assembly are suggesting that those who do not have the permanent voters’ cards should be allowed to vote with their temporary voters’ cards because they must participate and decide those who will govern them.
Speaking also at the event, Niger State Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, advised Nigerians not to allow themselves to be deceived by desperate politicians who do not have the interest of their communities and the nation at heart, but their personal interest.
Aliyu, who is the Chairman of the Northern States Governors’ Forum, assured that the PDP will continue with the development it has started.
“We cannot submit to propaganda and cheap blackmail by the APC, we must deliver our polling units to PDP. Politicians who do not deliver their polling units are not serious politicians” he said.
Also speaking at the rally, Gabriel Suswam, the Governor of Benue State, urged the people to take the February general election seriously.
“We should not treat the February election with laxity, the election must be taken with all seriousness. We must return President Jonathan, which is why North-central is working as a unit to deliver for the PDP”, adding that APC is not fit to rule Nigeria.
Dignitaries present at the flag off include Governor Jonah Jang, Senator Joshua Dariye and General Jeremiah Useni (rtd), who are the PDP Senatorial candidates of Plateau North, Plateau Central and Plateau South respectively.
Others comprised the state’s PDP candidates for the House of Representatives, as well as the 24 candidates for the House of Assembly. They were all given their flags in the presence of the huge crowd that attended the event.
Meanwhile, the Senate President on Tuesday January 13, 2015, while welcoming his colleagues back from the Yuletide break as the Senate resumed, expressed optimism that Nigeria will not disintegrate after the February 14 Presidential elections.
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