2015: Why we are holding one million march for Jonathan —Niger Delta youths

A leader of the Niger Delta Youths Council (NDYC), the group behind the one million man youth rally holding in Abuja, George Turnah, said, on Tuesday, that the youth have decided to hold the rally in honour of President Goodluck Jonathan to signpost his landmark achievements since 2011. Turnah, in a statement in Abuja, said no fewer than 500 ethnic and youth groups had so far signed up for the one million Nigeria youths solidarity rally in support of President Jonathan’s transformation agenda which, he said, was holding in Abuja, on Thursday. He said the rally, being put together by the Jonathan Youth Vanguard and the Niger Delta Youth Leaders Council, in conjunction with other support groups, would showcase landmark achievements of President Jonathan. Turnah said Thursday’s one million rally was not political but a show of solidarity aimed at raising the consciousness of Nigerians to continue to stand by President Jonathan, especially at this most trying times in the history of Nigeria. “This rally is not political, but purely a solidarity rally to tell Mr President that we are with him. It is a solidarity rally to raise the consciousness of Nigerians and mobilise the critical mass rally round the president, especially at these most trying times in the history of our nation.” He said: “Mr President clearly has performed in terms of infrastructural development and social welfare. Since coming into office, Jonathan has made the common man feel his impact.” Even a blind man should have been told by now that the pot holes which used to litter the Benin-Ore Expressway are no longer there. “And this is the same road that made a serving minster shed tears in public. The road revolution cuts across states of the federations. How can we forget so soon the various irrigation programmes in the north, as well as the agricultural revolution?” Turnah added that as a result of his foresight, President Jonathan had organized a Presidential Retreat in Sports after the country’s disastrous outing at the 2012 Olympic Games, adding that the retreat had sparked off the golden era which has fetched Nigeria an African Cup of Nations title, a FIFA U-17 World Cup crown and a variety of medals at the on- going Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.