The Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria(TAN) yesterday shut down the commercial city of Lagos for the PDP candidate in the 2015 presidential election, Dr Goodluck Jonathan in an unprecedented mega rally that shook the city to its very foundation while the National Stadium complex venue of the gathering bustled and bubbled for the entire day.
Hundreds of thousands of Delegates from all parts of the state representing various professional groups, artisans, organized business groups, teachers, traders, SMIEs operators, doctors, drivers, transporters, landlord associations, tenants associations, nurses, nursing mothers, bus conductors, importers, association of clearing agents, students, and others from all parts of the country especially the South West geopolitical zone started arriving for the ground shaking rally as early as 7 am.
They were listed about 786 such registered groups that participated. Uniquely also on parade was the “Association of the over marginalized Lagosians”, who claimed to have become so tired of the tactics/antics of the city’s godfather and his numerous god sons and daughters said they now want identify with the transformation movement of President Jonathan and want to fully identify with TAN so that the transformation wind would sweep through Lagos and the entire geopolitical zone.
Addressing the gathering, leader and coordinator of the over one thousand groups that turned up for the TAN rally, Somtochukwu Anaeli paid a glowing tribute to the international NGO for giving a sense of direction to the nation at the crucial time in the nation’s history when the opposition political party was having a field day through deciets and propaganda. Anaeli noted that with the mammoth crowd that trooped out for the rally, and always honour calls by the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) it was sincerely obvious that Lagos state is solidly behind the election bid of Dr Jonathan.
President of Igbo Youths Lagos, Comrade Emeka Agbo described the TAN boss as the eye and voice of Ndigbo. He pointed out that all igbos home and abroad are behind DrPatrick Ifeanyi Ubah in his struggles to mobilize Nigerians massively for a resounding victory for Jonathan and other PDP candidates in the coming general elections.
He said the need for the PDP to take over Lagos state imperative because of the draconian and discriminatory system of governance by the opposition party in the state.
Ben Chukwukelu, the leader of Anambra community in Lagos said that all the 177 communities of the state are solidly behind the president in the second tenure project. He said that the people of Anambra took the decision to swim with Jonathan because he has performed much more than all his predecessors in their first tenures.
The National vice chairman of TAN and a member of Presidential Campaign Organization of the PDP, Dr Ubah in his remarks said that the international NGO has made a statement with the Lagos mega rally that there is no vacancy in Aso Rock Presidential Villa till 2019.
He therefore urged Lagosians to join the political avalanche called TAN train and be part of progress even as he warned them against listening to those who have made up their minds not to see the revolution the transformation agenda has caused in the country.
He said that his group will not spare anything humanly possible to librate the people of Lagos state from the stranglehold of the opposition. The PDP governorship candidate for Lagos state, Mr Jimi Agbaje in his speech promised to run a fair and open administration which will give everybody irrespective of tribe and religion to actualize their potentials. He pointed out that the only way they can put an end to the oppressive government of the opposition is to troop out on March 28 and April 11 and vote for the PDP. Agbaje also urged the mammoth crowd not to be intimidated by the noisome opposition which has proved beyound every reasonable doubt that they are not really interested in the welfare of Lagosians or Nigerians.
The crowd latter moved out of the National Stadium on a street to street sensitization march along the ever-busy Ikorodu road round some major streets of the city while the entire Lagosians cheered them on. Captains of industries, eminent politicians and other interest groups like the Lagos chapter of the All Progressives Grand Alliance(APGA) took out time to identify with TAN and her Lagos Mega rally
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