{"id":25864,"date":"2014-04-29T01:32:54","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T00:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=25864"},"modified":"2014-04-29T01:32:54","modified_gmt":"2014-04-29T00:32:54","slug":"group-wants-balewas-son-to-take-over-from-jonathan-as-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/group-wants-balewas-son-to-take-over-from-jonathan-as-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Group Wants Balewa\u2019s Son To Take Over From Jonathan As President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 6px  0px;\">A group, which comprises over 68 organisations, under the auspices of Nigerians for Change, has called on Dr. Abduljhalil Tafawa Balewa, son of Nigeria\u2019s first Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, to join the 2015 presidential race.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6px  0px;\">NC, has also given him a 21-day ultimatum within which he should make his intention known, failure to heed to their advise, they threatened \u201cto organise a one million man marc<span style=\"display: inline;\">h to compel him to do so.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px  0px  6px;\">National Coordinator of the NFC, Prince Dele Oluajo, said, \u201cWhoever is observant of the socio-economic and political terrain in Nigeria has no option than to subscribe to the popular belief that things are retrogressively derailing in the richly endowed country, which our founding fathers laboured hard to build.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6px  0px;\">\u201cOur economy is in shambles; politics is in the most unprecedented dangerous dimension of its adulteration with ethno religious bigotry. 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