UMUAHIA—Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State has urged Nigerians to support President Goodluck Jonathan to ensure that the Federal Government’s economic and social programmes succeeded.

The governor said rather than search for faults, Nigerians should proffer ideas which could lead to preferable solution that could make positive impact in the polity.

According to him, the devastating flood which ravaged parts of the country are challenges that will inadvertently spur the nation to “greater heights as an indivisible entity for which reason it has become pertinent for all of us to support our President to encourage him in the onerous task of steering a seemingly rudderless ship.”

A statement by Mr. Ben Onyechere, Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Communication, said: “The insinuation that the president is the reason for the challenges is not totally correct because in every political system the tendency is for opposition parties to lay blames so as to curry favor of the public while undermining the capacity of the incumbency.

“Agreeably the president has expanded the shores of our democracy by making room for diverse opinions,  therefore, it has become mandatory for all of us to realise that the success of the presidents economic and social programs will transcend to all facets of our livelihood for which reason we must endeavor to rally requisite backup for him because our strength is undeniably in our diversity.”