The Goodluck/Sambo Presidential Campaign Organisation has commended the pan Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, for endorsing the presidential bid of President Goodluck Jonathan.
It also commended another group, the Igbo Professionals resident in Lagos, for their objective and nationalistic position that Mr Jonathan is the preisdent Nigeria needs at the moment.
Sully Abu, the director of media and publicity of the organisation, said "Ohaneze and the Igbo Professionals are pointing the way to the Nigeria of our dreams where Leadership is determined by competence rather than ethnicity".
Mr Abu urged Nigerians not to be deceived by those who have been using primordial sentiments to divide the polity.
"The endorsement of Jonathan by these patriots has put paid to the devious machinations of those divide-and-rule politicians who think they can hoodwink our Igbo brethren by dangling fake carrots, even when their antecedents are full of broken promises," he said.
He called on all political aspirants to emulate the president in embracing an issue-based campaign devoid of ethnic rancour and acrimony.
NPC forms
Meanwhile, the national executive committee of the Nigeria Peoples Congress (NPC) at its meeting on Monday fixed the costs of its nomination forms for members aspiring for elective office during 2011 general elections.
In a communiqué signed by its national chairman of the party, Ngozi Emioma, the party approved N1 million for office of president and N500,000 for the governorship office.
The others are Senate (N200,000), House of Representatives N100,000, House of Assembly N50,000. Women aspirants, he said, are exempted from nomination fees.
Mr Emioma said that the NEC strongly condemns the spate of violence, arson, bomb blasts, armed robberies and kidnappings in the country and calls on security agencies to halt the trend in tandem with section 14 (2)b of the 1999 constitution which states that, "the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government."
The NEC, he added, also urged the federal government to take steps to alleviate the sufferings of the masses who, it said can no longer afford three square meals a day due to the harsh economic meltdown, in addition to various natural disasters particularly flood, erosion and desert encroachment that have worsened the plights of these citizens.
Mr Emioma also said the NEC asked the government to expedite action on the minimum wage the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) demanded, stressing "Nigerian workers deserve a fair deal and improved standard of living."
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