Nigerians in U.S. host website for Jonathan

Nigerians resident in Dallas, U.S., have hosted a website to assist President Goodluck Jonathan to win next year's elections.

The website, named onevoteforjonathan.com, is aimed at actualising electoral victory for Jonathan to continue in office as the President of Nigeria.

The Coordinator of the website, Emmanuel Nwadeyi, said, in a statement to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from Dallas on Monday, that a victory for Mr Jonathan will be a continuation of the Yar'Adua/Jonathan Presidency.

He said that although he was not speaking on behalf of all Nigerians abroad, "there is a general concensus among Nigerians abroad that the continuation of President Jonathan in office will usher in office, a new era of political thinking.

"As a Nigerian and a concerned one for that matter, one must commit to the type of nation building that supports cohesiveness and growth and in the light of this concept, we are presented in this coming election with choices between the two groups of distinct Nigerians.

"The group that has tasted power in the past, ruled the nation with decrees and still did not achieve cohesive nation building," he said.

Why Jonathan?

Mr Nwadeyi said Jonathan belonged to a group of technocrats and intellectuals who wanted to use the abundant human and material resources in the country to touch the lives of the people.

He said that pro-zoning politicians should realise that it was an in-house matter with no bearing on the nation's constitution because the office of the Vice President was created to make way for such a person to step into the Presidency in the absence of the occupier of the post.

He added that one sure thing going for Mr Jonathan was the fact that he was a simple man who grew up with vision and hope and understood the plight of ordinary Nigerians.

Mr Nwadeyi said the website was created because of his personal conviction that Nigerians deserved an intellectual technocrat who understood the plight of majority of the populace and could effect changes that will bring back foreign investment and international recognition.

He said those over-heating the polity through unguarded rhetoric, violence, car bombs, kidnapping, killings and importation of arms would surely fail in their selfish ambition and unwarranted assault on peace-loving Nigerians.