Nigeria: Why won presidential election - Jonathan Maku - AllAfrica.com

Leadership (Abuja) Bethrand Nwankwo22 April 2011

Mr Labaran Maku has called reasons Abuja - the Minister of information and communication, why the presidential candidate of the peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. GOODLUCK Jonathan won the just concluded presidential election in the country.

Addressing a press conference in Abuja yesterday, the Minister attributed the victory of the party in the presidential election the presence of the PDP in all 36 States of the Federal and Abuja. He have also the victory of the President in the poll due to his performance and the people trust in him, as he denied, that the choice in favour of PDP has been tampered with. He said "Professor Jega INEC fleeing from the same zone with the Congress of progressive change for (CPC) candidates for the presidential election."

Jega is Hausa-Fulani Muslim of Kebbi State, so that the question edit by someone not someone who. There is a large change in the perception of politics in Nigeria.

Goodluck Jonathan is from the ethnic minority which has never ruled the country in the past. But because he have alliances in the country could and was of a large parties in the country and because of his character, humility, and his performance in the Government is sponsored, it and the trusted people why he choose won "said he."

He said that the Godfather, which dictate, wins the election, were losing that attributed it to free and fair nature of the choice.

The Minister, who condemned the violence in some parts of the country, who advise, who were not happy with the outcome of the election, to channel their complaints to the Court instead of resorting to violence.

He said PDP was not in the control the independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and added that the electoral body, was given a free hand to use. He said that was the PDP of a transnational party, which has spread all over the country.

His opinion, for each party in Nigeria, a presidential election win, that party must have a national distribution. He said there was no way the CPC the presidential election could have won, because it has no national distribution.

"So, the PDP is a transnational party." Nigeria is a country of 250 different ethnic groups and a party that wants to win at the national level must, at least, reach out to a wide range of these groups. If you don't, the consequence of that the last is your victory.

"The CPC reach not." The ACN accepts his fate because the ACN in the Southwest is domiciled. The performance of the CPC is due to the fact that there is a a-year-old party and the fact that it expect not structure in wide range of the Federation of. "And because it won is not in the State, by controlled were it clearly indicates that it, carried out on what should have run you", the Minister said.

He said that for the CPC to run its capacity have shown that the election was free and fair.

Maku, which confirmed that CPC has a credible candidate added that the party was only a year and had no control over all prior State, that presidential elections.

Maku said that CPC could have made tangible impact, if all Nigerian political party (ANPP) had developed the proposed alliance with the action of Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and who.

To condemn the violence in some States, the Minister described it as the handiwork of some criminals. He said the violence was neither ethnic nor religious but simply a political issue as a result of the just concluded presidential elections. He said that those who were either killed or wounded were mainly Muslims.

"It is my opinion after that the violence was the handiwork of criminal and villains who probably negative mobilised." Strictly speaking, it can be seen as really sectarian. It can be negative mobilization and the mood in the campaign were of course, "he said."

He said that the Federal Government the number of the security authorities, where the violence broke out had increased so that peace and security of life and property in these areas.

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Jonathan promises 'new dawn' as world leaders applaud Nigeria election - CNN International

Incumbent is "significant departure" of the last elections new era changes are made means, he says Clinton: vote for brands a "dramatic shift from decades of failed elections" Nigerians in Northern States protesting the results

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) President Goodluck Jonathan pledged a "new era" for Nigeria, days after the Election Commission declared him the winner in a vote as a major improvement from recent surveys.

The last elections four years ago was widely condemned for rampant vote rigging, violence, theft of ballot boxes and intimidation.

If by violence, reports of minors vote and logistical problems, as an observer the recent elections a improvement.

"This time, one of the differences is that local and international observers said," Yes, there are significant departure from the past ' "Jonathan said CNN."

A success world leaders declared the vote, but calls for election officials could these claims including ballot stuffing and unusually high turnout in some areas.

"This historic event a dramatic shift from decades of failed elections and an improvement in the presidential election of 2007," US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague described the vote as an "important step" for the nation.

Jonathan said vote the ushers a new era for Africa's most populous nation and its largest oil producer.

", Which should tell you that we say we will do it and this is a new era", the President said. "We are working with all Nigerians to ensure that changes are made."

Jonathan comes from the oil-rich southern part of Nigeria, a region that is majority Christian.

Parts which plunged into chaos after it turned out that Jonathan had won, mostly Muslim North charge that the elections were tampered with.

Rioters took to the streets in the North, shouting the name of General Muhammadu Buhari, a former military ruler and the main opposition candidate.

About 17,000 people fled their homes in the region as violence entbrannte, said the Nigerian Red Cross.

Jonathan appealed curfews for unity as the unrest and it provide sound alarms for the Government, the military and enforce, maintain peace.

"My brothers and sisters, we are all winners," Jonathan said earlier in the week. "In this context it is defeated no Victor and no.." "We have shown in our diversity, the progress of which remains for all celebridad Nigeria."

An investigation of the President is attributed to underway to determine the perpetrators of violence, jobless youth.

"We have been having a crisis in the North, we have been having a crisis in the South, all symptoms are the same," he told CNN. "We have a number of young people who have no source of income, we need to provide."

If no source of income, offer the Government said it will help, the youth are at risk, violence spark is paid.

He declined to go into detail on the perpetrators of violence.

He said "The Government find out formally,". "If I make some statements, I will be biased in people's minds and I don't want to accuse anyone."

Nigeria elections, staggered over three weeks, close April with the vote for Governor 26.CNN's Christian Purefoy contributed to this report.

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Jonathan WINS as riots show Bloomberg political departments - Nigerian vote

People keep, wooden and metal sticks show in Nigeria's northern city Kano where running battles between protesters and soldiers broke out as to win President Goodluck Jonathan for a choice. Author: Seyllou Diallo/AFP/Getty Images Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan throws his voice in an urn in Ebele, his country home Ward on the Ogbia-in the State of Bayelsa State, on 16 April. Author: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images

At least six won the presidential elections as violent protests against the result of Nigeria's incumbent leader Goodluck Jonathan, terminated the political weakness in Africa highlights the largest oil producer.

Jonathan, 53, a Christian from the Niger Delta region, won the oil-rich River 22.5 million, or 57 percent of the vote, compared with 12.2 million, or 31 percent for former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari, a Northern Muslim, said the Electoral Commission.

Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation of 150 million people, is divided between a mainly Muslim north and a largely Christian South as, a gap choice is reflected in voting for the April 16. Jonathan have to convince that he is a northern lights credible ruler for all Nigerians while relying on a shared legislature, to regulate laws to pass oil exploration and extraction of investment in the industry.

"The polarized North South results of the election a looming political and cultural divide in the country, stress, which can lead to further tensions," said Sebastian BoE, a political analyst at IHS Inc. (IHS) in London, in one email communication.

Opposition supporters in several northern cities building burned and attacked members of the ruling people's Democratic Party after results showed yesterday that Jonathan would win the election. A police station and a church in the northern city of Kaduna were burnt, and a police spokesman for the region, Lawal Suleiman, spread unrest of Gombe to cities including Bauchi, Zaria, Azare and Potiskum, said yesterday.

Consider about sectarian and choice in the context of violence before the polls a boost domestic demand for foreign currencies, weakening the naira on a 18-month low dissolved by 157.04 against the dollar on March 17. The currency was at 154.80 late yesterday and the benchmark Nigerian Stock Exchange all share index rose by 1.1 per cent, for just the fifth day, when election win gives tips to a victory for Jonathan.

Observers from the Commonwealth group of Nations said the choice was "credible", in a statement. The last elections were held by international and local monitors as flawed by intimidation of voters and ballot was described in 2007.

"The transparent presidential election boosts Nigeria's institutional and democratic credentials," said Samir Gadio, South of the Sahara analyst at Standard Bank Group Ltd. in London. "Jonathan's decisive victory is to ease investor concerns."

Since Nigeria return to civilian rule in 1999 after 15 years of military rule, income disparities have widened fueling ethnic and religious violence. About 54% of the population lives on less than $1 per day, some 22 million citizens and citizens are illiterate and maternal mortality ratio is 800 per 100,000 live births, a rate among the highest in the world, according to the United Nations development programme.

Jonathan, the Office in may after the death of Umaru Yar'Adua taken over, has undertaken to press law by the Parliament a petroleum industry. Passage such legislation was for two years delayed investments by companies like Royal Dutch Shell plc (RDSA) and total SA put off. (FP) Oil exploration in Nigeria among the lowest in a decade, has zusammengesunken only a well was in the last two years, compared with 34 in 2002 according to the Ministry of oil drilled.

"President of Jonathan's most important task after taking the passage of the long awaited petroleum industry Bill, currently laying dormant in the Parliament out of session", BOE said. It is "a radical overhaul of the country's lucrative oil and gas industry, establishing new legal structures and tax regime."

Nigeria is the fifth largest source of U.S. oil imports. Paris-based total, Hague-based shell, Irving, Texas-based Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM), Chevron Corp. (CVX) of San Ramon, California and ENI SpA (ENI) of Rome do joint ventures with the State Nigerian National Petroleum Corp., more than 90 percent of the west African nation pump oil.

Jonathan has promised to continue to an amnesty for former combatants in the River Niger Delta, a policy which it has helped boost oil production by 27 percent since July 2009. Attacks by rebels in the region cut Nigeria's oil production by more than 28 percent between 2006 and 2009.

Rising oil prices have spurred growth in the economy, which expanded 6.9 per cent on average annually over the last five years, according to the data from the International Monetary Fund. The same rate of growth is expected this year, the Washington - based lender Economic Outlook said in its world report on 11 April.

The son of a manufacturer's Canoe, Jonathan earned a degree in zoology and was until 1999, he was Deputy Governor of Bayelsa of State relatively unknown. When his boss, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, was accused by the State Assembly after indictment in the United Kingdom with money laundering, he took over the Office of the Governor.

The reporter on this story contact: Dulue Mbachu in Abuja at the dmbachu@bloomberg.net; Nasreen Seria in Johannesburg at nseria@bloomberg.net

The editors responsible for this story contact: Antony Sguazzin on asguazzin@bloomberg.net; Andrew j. Bard at barden@bloomberg.net.

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