Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan, Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, on Monday, said “President Jonathan is like Jesus Christ, who the Christian faithful call the saviour of the world”, because the manner in which he (Jonathan) bears the burden of Nigerians is the same way Jesus Christ bore the burden of the world. “People do not understand the burden this president is bearing. He’s like Jesus Christ. He’s bearing the burden of everybody,” Okupe said while commenting on the state of the nation on Sunrise Daily. According to him, the efforts of the government in fighting the Boko Haram insurgency as well as in power were being hindered by external factors, even as the nation gears up for the 2015 elections, which Okupe said would be impossible for Jonathan to lose. All the governors elected on the platform of the PDP will meet today over the controversies surrounding the various congresses that elected the flag bearers of the party. The meeting is being summoned by the chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State.. Today’s meeting, billed for Akwa Ibom Governor’s Lodge in Asokoro, Abuja by 6pm would be an attempt to identify how best to pacify governors whose immediate political aspirations had been turned down. They include Governors Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State and Sullivan Chime of Enugu State, who dropped their senatorial ambitions when the heat became too much. Another affected governor is Dr. Martin Eelechi of Enonyi State whose anointed candidate, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu lost in the primaries. The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has assured that the three-day strike embarked upon by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) will not disrupt fuel supply nationwide. The corporation, in a statement signed by its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division (GPAD), Ohi Alegbe, in Abuja yesterday, said it was in discussion with the leadership of the unions who gave the assurance that they would not disrupt the fuel supply and distribution system as the strike was basically aimed at addressing the alleged anti-labour issues by some of the International Oil Companies (IOCs). Join us Live on the Podium @ 8.45am and drop your comments ahead.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 07:26:58 +0000
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