President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan yesterday restated the commitment of his administration to conduct free, fair and credible future elections in Nigeria.
Speaking during an audience with a delegation of the Labour Party, LP, the President assured that “we will even do better in future elections,” even as he thanked all political parties and Nigerians for giving the country a new image by conducting the last general elections in a credible manner.
President Jonathan, who stressed that after the elections, Nigerians expected good governance from those they had elected, said “we must change the future of our country by managing our resources better and do things differently.”
President Jonathan, who called members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, who lost their lives during the violence as martyrs, said they died “to save this country and open a new vista of political evolution in this country,” and prayed that future elections in Nigeria will not witness any loss of lives and property.
National Chairman of Labour Party, Chief Dan Nwanyanwu, who led the delegation which included the party’s governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Timi Alaibe, had congratulated President Jonathan on his resounding victory at the presidential polls which he described as a “pan-Nigerian endorsement,” noting that his party’s support for the candidacy of the President had been proved right.
He urged President Jonathan not to be distracted by the “premeditated post-election violence,” but be encouraged to perform better while reaching out to those who are aggrieved.
“We will do everything within our powers and within the law to give you the necessary support,” he assured the President.
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Jonathan meets LP leaders, says ‘we ‘ll do better in future elections’