Poor turnout as Jonathan takes campaign to Kaduna

A half-filled stadium marked the presidential campaign rally of
President Goodluck Jonathan at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium,
Kaduna, as the President rounded off his re-election campaign in
the North-West zone of the country on Saturday.
The 25,000 capacity stadium was half filled as many supporters
shunned the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate’s
rally.
A visibly angry deputy governor of the state, Amb. Nuhu Bajoga,
was spotted by our correspondent at the rally, complaining bitterly
to members of the local organising committee at the main bowl of
the stadium.
He reportedly told the committee to “go and bring the crowd.”
It was gathered that the ‘welfare package” for supporters were
allegedly diverted by some unnamed officials of the local organising
committee.
Curiously, a section of the stadium, rather than praising the
president, started singing “sai Buhari,” a situation that forced
security operatives to chase the disgruntled supporters out of the
stadium.
The president, who arrived the stadium at about 1.30pm, went round
the scanty stadium, before taking his seat.
In his speech, Jonathan said Kaduna was one of the major
beneficiaries of the Federal Government and as such, it was payback
time for the people of the state to re-elect him in the February 14
election.
He said the state was the focus of the Federal Government in the
next four years if elected.
He added that the collapsed textile mills in the state would be
revived, so as to create jobs for the teeming youths in the state.
Jonathan noted that the state must work with the party for the
development of the state.
Vice President Namadi Sambo had earlier, in his speech, said the
people of the state appreciated the gesture of the president for his
(Sambo) choice as his running mate in the February poll.
He described the president as patriotic and detribalised and
therefore urged the people of the state to vote the party in all the
elections.
Sambo said the president loved the people of the region, pointing out
that the president was determined to bring back the collapse
industry in Kaduna State through the establishment of the 215-
megawatt Kudendan Power Plant in the state.
Also, Senate President David Mark said Kaduna was important to
the party, as according to him, if the state leads, other parts of the
North would follow in the forthcoming election.

source- punchng.com