GEJ 2015 REASONS WHY NORTHERNERS WILL IGNORE THEIR LEADERS TO VOTE FOR GEJ COME 2015. For whatever reason, the North Leaders practices a deliberate culture of poverty and illiteracy on their people. This is the reason why poverty was noted as one of the causes of Boko Haram in the north according to the United States Counterterrorism report for 2013. Ironically, the same north gets more federal allocations than most states in the south, yet the poverty rate is incomparable. For instance, Borno State is in top 10 of States that receive high federal allocation. The Governor, Kashim Shettima received about N90 Billion from federal government alone in 2013 according to a report from the Federal Ministry of Finance. This amount is bigger than the annual budget of Liberia for the same 2013 which was N70 billion and also that of Gambia - N35 billion. Ebonyi State is at the bottom of federal allocation, yet the poverty rate is considerably low compared to what is obtainable in the north and there is no youth restiveness in the State. The north with over 40 years of Quota system education still has high illiteracy rate. Sokoto – a State that is older than Nigeria – kids from there need to score only 9 in common entrance exam while new States in the South like Ebonyi, Ekiti, and Bayelsa need to score 112, 119 and 72 respectively. New States in the north like Zamfara and Yobe need 4 and 2 respectively. This is a deliberate harm the north is doing to her people. That established, lets proceed on why the North hate President Goodluck Jonathan. Heraclitus – a Greek Philosopher once said that: “change is the only constant thing in life.” And I can also add thatchange is what people yearn for, yet change is what people are scared to see actualized... Goodluck Jonathan government has taken it upon itself to transform the north and eradicate the culture of poverty and illiteracy through various policies implemented and projects executed. This sudden change is being resisted by the north through malicious propaganda, destructive criticism and hatred. I can equally add that he has done more to north than his own region as outlined below: President Goodluck Jonathan has established a total of 12 new universities in the country with 9 established in the North and 3 in the South with billions of naira as take off fund. These were aimed to combat the illiteracy rate in the northern region. He has also established many almajiri schools to take the kids begging for alms off the streets. 1. Federal University Lokoja Kogi State 2. Federal University Lafia Nasarawa State 3. Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State. 4. Federal University, Wukari, Taraba State. 5. Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State. 6. Federal University , Dutse, Jigawa State. 7. Federal University Gashua, Yobe State. 8. Federal University Birnin Kebbi Kebbi State 9. Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State. 10. Construction of Almajiri model schools, with about 120 of these schools completed. B. Road Construction and Rehabilitation The government of Goodluck Jonathan has done well on the issue of road construction in the North to reduce the suffering of travellers, travel time, cost and accident. Many roads and bridge projects have been executed even when 2nd Niger Bridge is being used for politics despite being executed under Private-Public Partnership (PPP) but 2nd Benue Bridge is near completion without much fuss. East-West road in the Niger Delta has been moving at a snail rate. 11. Completion of Vom-Manchok road in Plateau State. 12. Completion of Yola-Numan road in Adamawa State. 13. Completion of Gombe Bye-pass road in Gombe State. 14. Completion of Kaduna Refinery road in Kaduna State. 15. Completion of Kano-Daura-MaiAdua road in Katsina State 16. Completion of Uba-Mbalala road in Borno State. 17. Completion of Funtua-Gusau-Sokoto road (from Gusau to Talata Mafara) 18. The ongoing dualisation of Abuja–Abaji–Lok oja Road. 19. The ongoing construction of Kano– Potiskum–Maiduguri Road 20. The ongoing construction of the Loko–Oweto bridge (across River Benue) 21. The ongoing dualisation of Benin-Lokoja road. This project was started under this President. 22. The ongoing reconstruction of Makurdi- Gboko road Phase 1 Wannune-Yandev section, in Benue. 23. The ongoing construction of Sections 1A and 1B of Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega-Kontagora Roads, respectively in Sokoto State, Kebbi and Niger 24. The ongoing reconstruction of Kunya-Kanya- Babura-Babban Mutum Road in Jigawa 25. The ongoing reconstruction of Zing-Yakoko- Monkin Road in Taraba. 26. The ongoing reconstruction of Alkeleri- Bauchi Road in Bauchi. source: newsdayreporters/what-s- hot/488
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