{"id":434745,"date":"2011-06-02T13:40:24","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T13:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/02\/transform-nigeria-group-urges-president-jonathan\/"},"modified":"2011-06-02T13:40:24","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T13:40:24","slug":"transform-nigeria-group-urges-president-jonathan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/02\/transform-nigeria-group-urges-president-jonathan\/","title":{"rendered":"Transform Nigeria, Group urges President Jonathan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"78\">\n<p>Port Harcourt \u2013 The Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Front (NDPSF) has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to lay the foundation for the transformation of the country into an industrialised nation.<\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s General Secretary, Mr Mark Olise, said on Thursday that for the nation to achieve an industrialised status, the new administration must prioritise power generation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea of transforming Nigeria into an industrial haven within the African continent and the world at large will remain an illusion without a policy to ensure adequate power generation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis challenge we insist, must be considered as priority by this present government,\u201d he said in Port Harcourt.<\/p>\n<p>According to Olise, Nigeria is long overdue for uninterrupted electricity power supply to drive its economic development processes.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cNo foreign investor will take us seriously if we keep inviting them to a dark country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NDPSF scribe said that the group was ready to work with the president to ensure that poverty was reduced in the Niger Delta region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope to walk together through the path of honour and with the consciousness that is needed for you to serve with humility, destiny and forthrightness,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Olise urged Jonathan to appoint credible men and women, who have the country at heart, into his cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the quality of a leader can only be estimated from the character of men around him.<\/p>\n<p>He warned the president to beware of political jobbers, who could, for their selfish interests, derail his good intention for the country. (NAN)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Comments are moderated. Please keep them clean and brief.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Originally posted here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2011\/06\/transform-nigeria-group-urges-president-jonathan\/\" title=\"Transform Nigeria, Group urges President Jonathan\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transform Nigeria, Group urges President Jonathan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Port Harcourt \u2013 The Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Front (NDPSF) has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to lay the foundation for the transformation of the country into an industrialised nation. 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