Bala said: “We are not people who encourage people to violence because they want to win elections. We are not going to join issues with anybody who is just a permanent aspirant just for running for the presidency. We have a template, we have a road map. We have a vision and we know where we want to be and certainly we are not afraid of anybody. We respect Nigerians and we respect leaders. We are not like the other parties who abuse leaders. But with all humility I assure that in 2015 we will be swearing in Dr Goodluck Jonathan as President.”
The minister said that Jonathan has done well and should be given another chance to consolidate on the gains recorded so far adding, “Mr President has come up with a transformation agenda and he is working hard to make sure that he brought major and tangible achievements to Nigeria. You have seen it in all the MDAs, even in agriculture he has done so well. In the economic we are today the biggest economy in Africa.
“The president has done well as a tested technocrat who has risen through the rank from a teacher to a deputy governor, to a governor vice president and then a president and these positions have been tested.