A fresh angle was added to the understanding of the ongoing post amnesty programme for repentant militants in the Niger Delta region at the just ended South South summit in Port Harcourt were people of the region passed a firm resolution calling on President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the coming presidential election with assurance that the region was behind him. The summit was attended by the five PDP governors in the region and other political bigwigs in the area.

For watchers of the political tango in Nigeria the cardinal question on the lips of many people is; when will Dr. Goodluck Jonathan declare his intention to run for the presidency?

Dr Danladi Sankara is the National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP North West Zone. A politician of note, he is one that stands by the truth no matter whose ox is gored. In this interview, Dr Sankara expressed concerns over unguided activities of politicians on the 2011 presidential elections, warning that the trend was capable of derailing the nation’s democracy.

July 31 would be an acid test for the newly posted Resident Electoral Commissioner REC to Ondo State , Madam Ayoka Adebayo after her controversial experience in Ekiti Senatorial re run election which attracted condemnation across the country and beyond.

Mr. Affia, Mbuotidem Benson is the spokesperson South-South Solidarity Group. A former National President of the Union of Niger Delta Students and President of the National Union of South-South Students (NUSS) at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Mr Affia spoke to Vanguard on the need for President Jonathan to declare his presidential ambition now.Excerpts:

Education means the instruction of youths in certain rules of conduct by which they will be able to support themselves when they come to age and to know the obligations they are under to that society of which they constitute a part. Robert Coram, English-born American educationist 1761 – 1796.