{"id":34741,"date":"2015-01-08T16:42:02","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T15:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=34741"},"modified":"2015-01-08T16:42:02","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T15:42:02","slug":"gov-mimikos-welcome-address-presidential-campaign-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/gov-mimikos-welcome-address-presidential-campaign-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov Mimiko&#8217;s welcome address at Presidential Campaign Flag-off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mainscreen\">\n<div id=\"mailview-right\" class=\"offset uibox\">\n<div id=\"messagecontent\">\n<div class=\"leftcol\">\n<div id=\"messagebody\">\n<div class=\"message-htmlpart\">\n<div class=\"rcmBody\" dir=\"auto\">\n<blockquote>\n<div>Protocol<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\nWe welcome you to the historic city of Lagos, a city that has produced<br \/>\nicons in different fields of human endeavour \u2013 first generation<br \/>\nmedical doctors, lawyers, politicians, engineers and entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>This is a city that truly prides itself as one of Africa\u2019s foremost<br \/>\neducationally advanced centres, a veritable city of culture and<br \/>\nlearning. Mr President, leaders of our great party, distinguished<br \/>\nNigerians, I stand on firm ground to state categorically that hardly<br \/>\nis there any home in Lagos and indeed the Southwest that cannot boast<br \/>\nof tenth generation school certificate holders. This is why, among<br \/>\nothers, we will not settle for a President with less than a University<br \/>\ndegree.<\/p>\n<p>Let me welcome again, Mr President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Ph.D \u2013 a<br \/>\ndemocrat in words and in deed, a believer in the rule of law, a leader<br \/>\nwho is genuinely humble, kind, accommodating, forthright, competent,<br \/>\ntransparent and tolerant. A leader who in spite of challenges has<br \/>\nremained cool, calm and level-headed.<\/p>\n<p>We thank you Mr President that, in spite of being the most abused and<br \/>\nnegatively-profiled President in the history of this country, you have<br \/>\nrefused to roll out any obnoxious law of the semblance of Decree 2 of<br \/>\n1984.<\/p>\n<p>To you Mr President, discipline is about compliance with high<br \/>\ndemocratic ethos rather than the promulgation of retroactive laws to<br \/>\nintimidate the citizenry through state murder.<\/p>\n<p>You definitely are a true democrat (not a born-again democrat). You<br \/>\nare a true lover of Nigeria \u2013 from the wetlands of the Delta, through<br \/>\nthe thick rainforest of the Southwest and East to the Savannah of the<br \/>\nNorth, you have touched the lives of Nigerians, both high and low. You<br \/>\nhave allowed the private sector to thrive, yet you have not abandoned<br \/>\nthe under-privileged of the society. While the private sector is<br \/>\nencouraged to invest massively in Agriculture, Power, Aviation and<br \/>\nother strategic sectors of the economy, you are also building Almajiri<br \/>\nschools and unprecedentedly expanding access to tertiary education.<br \/>\nYou are proactively investing in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises<br \/>\n(MSMEs) and providing productive engagement for our young ones in<br \/>\nAgriculture, ICT and the creative industry.<\/p>\n<p>Mr President, you are indeed a progressive.<\/p>\n<p>On behalf of the people of Southwest, we welcome you and your<br \/>\nentourage to Southwest Nigeria. You have started the Lagos-Ibadan<br \/>\nexpressway, you have also embarked on the rehabilitation of the rail<br \/>\nsystem, you are giving a face-lift to our airports including Ibadan<br \/>\nairport. For these and many more, the people of the Southwest are<br \/>\ngrateful. Afterall, we can remember the anti-human decision to<br \/>\nterminate the Lagos metroline project by some other government. That<br \/>\nproject into which the Jakande-led administration had committed a<br \/>\nwhopping sum of N70 million (about $75 million at that time) was meant<br \/>\nto put an end to the traffic nightmare in Lagos metropolis through the<br \/>\ninstallation of a circuit of rail lines that would have stretched from<br \/>\nAgege to Marina, Ikorodu in the north and Badagry in the east,<br \/>\nferrying nearly a million people a day, 31-years ago. While some chose<br \/>\nto destroy, you have chosen to build.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Mr President, Benin-Ore-Shagamu expressway is witnessing<br \/>\nmassive rehabilitation, the Lagos-Kano rail lines, moribund for over<br \/>\n15years have been re-activated, Agriculture has regained its pride of<br \/>\nplace and you have strengthened our democratic institutions through<br \/>\nfree, fair and credible elections.<\/p>\n<p>I am convinced that the hands of Goodluck Jonathan that started these<br \/>\ngood works will surely complete them.<\/p>\n<p>Let the good works of Goodluck continue.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, God bless Nigeria.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"message\" class=\"statusbar\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Protocol We welcome you to the historic city of Lagos, a city that has produced icons in different fields of human endeavour \u2013 first generation medical doctors, lawyers, politicians,&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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