Former speaker of the House of Representatives and a staunch supporter of the president in the run-up to the 2011 general elections, Alhaji Ghali Umar Na’Abba, has declared that the North would not vote for President Jonathan in 2015.
He said the President has done “lots of things wrong to the North”.
The former speaker declared thus: "The way President Jonathan has been handling the party, there is a wide gap between him and Northerners. And I am afraid that Northerners will not return him to power again, because he did lots of things wrong to the North. The feeling is very strong against him.”
Asked if he foresees the possibility of the North stopping Jonathan from clinching a second term in office, Na’Abba responded: "It is very possible because, right now in the North, the feeling is that Jonathan is not worth voting for. People feel that most of the people who supported him didn’t have the moral laxity to go and canvass for votes for Jonathan in the North. Those whose houses were burnt during the electoral violence have not been compensated. Lots of people do not have faith in him.”
Asked if he had any regrets supporting the president in the 2011 general elections, Na’Abba said that he is worried about unfulfilled promises especially to the North. "When he was a candidate, what he often told us was that he would give attention to agriculture. And as a northerner, I am very passionate about agriculture.
"My regret is that I have not seen any Northern farmer who is happy as a result of anything Jonathan’s agriculture policy has brought to him.... it will make it very difficult for some of us to support him again.”
Olufamous.com gathered that Na’Abba, who was the speaker of the House of Reps from 1999 to 2003 was a victim of the post-2011 election violence. He lost his properties in Kano and he's blaming his loss on his support for President Jonathan.
The former speaker declared thus: "The way President Jonathan has been handling the party, there is a wide gap between him and Northerners. And I am afraid that Northerners will not return him to power again, because he did lots of things wrong to the North. The feeling is very strong against him.”
Asked if he foresees the possibility of the North stopping Jonathan from clinching a second term in office, Na’Abba responded: "It is very possible because, right now in the North, the feeling is that Jonathan is not worth voting for. People feel that most of the people who supported him didn’t have the moral laxity to go and canvass for votes for Jonathan in the North. Those whose houses were burnt during the electoral violence have not been compensated. Lots of people do not have faith in him.”
Asked if he had any regrets supporting the president in the 2011 general elections, Na’Abba said that he is worried about unfulfilled promises especially to the North. "When he was a candidate, what he often told us was that he would give attention to agriculture. And as a northerner, I am very passionate about agriculture.
"My regret is that I have not seen any Northern farmer who is happy as a result of anything Jonathan’s agriculture policy has brought to him.... it will make it very difficult for some of us to support him again.”
Olufamous.com gathered that Na’Abba, who was the speaker of the House of Reps from 1999 to 2003 was a victim of the post-2011 election violence. He lost his properties in Kano and he's blaming his loss on his support for President Jonathan.
