Jonathan/PDP takes over Lagos on Thursday, flags off campaign

Tens of thousands of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) supporters across the
South West would converge on the Tafawa Balewa Square grounds in Lagos for
the flag-off of the Jonathan/Sambo presidential campaigns on Thursday.

The two governors of the PDP in the South West, Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo
and Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti will be joined by party leaders from the zone
to host the president and all other party leaders from other parts of the
country. Governorship candidates of the party will also be presented to
the public at the campaign ground.
While President Goodluck Jonathan is expected to seize the opportunity to
apprise the people of the zone of the successes recorded by his
government, he will also take the chance to woo the people of the region,
reputed to be the most politically sophisticated in Nigeria.

Sources close to the organizers of the event quoted a top organizer who
said “will remind the people of the region of how his government remodeled
the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) in Ikeja, the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport wing, and is reconstructing the Lagos-Ibadan
Expressway, which for the last decade or more has been left in a sorry
state.

He is also expected to speak about the steady and fast intervention in the
rail sector with the return of railways with new train engines and luxury
coaches, as well as the reconstruction of the Apapa/Oshodi Expressway,
leading to the nation’s ports”.

The choice of Tafawa Balewa Square as venue, PDP sources said was because
it hosted the ceremonies of Nigeria’s independence as well as being in
Lagos where the largest number of voters reside in the country. One PDP
leader said it is also not going to be about politics alone as musicians
and comedians are expected to grace the event.