By Vincent Ujumadu

AWKA—FORMER Anambra State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Pandolla Okwuosa, has said that the emergence of President Goodluck Jonathan as president in 2011 will end perceived marginalization in the country.

Okwuosa, who is the acting coordinator of South East zone of Goodluck Nigeria, a supportive group to the leadership of
President Jonathan with a mission to lure him to contest the 2011 general elections, said during an enlarged meeting of the group from the five South East states that the president had shown understanding of the economic, social and strategic needs of the country more than past leaders, adding that he should be given time to stabilize the system.

He described the president as an eminent Nigerian with an in-depth understanding and knowledge of the country’s problems, stressing that any attempt to stop him would not be in the interest of the nation.

“President Jonathan, having come from the minority tribe that has never tasted the presidential seat since the 50 years of the country’s Independence , and coming from the area that sustains Nigeria ’s economy, needs to be given a chance to prove his mettle,” the PDP chieftain said.