By Hugo Odiogor

Niger Delta Nationalities Forum, NDNF, Lagos State chapter, has called for support for President Goodluck Jonathan in the fight against corruption and insurgency in the country. It also solicited his re-election for continuity and entrenchment of genuine democracy.

The group blamed the perceived failure in the fight against corruption and insurgency in the country on the legislature, judiciary and relevant stakeholders, noting that the fight was a collaborative effort as the presidency has fought corruption more successfully than the other two arms of government.

Addressing newsmen in Lagos, Chairman of the group, Mr. Seigha Manager, said that the political opponents of the president seem to have decided to place the effects of the two monsters bedeviling the country at the doorsteps of the president, noting that much of the failures recorded were in the areas of the legislature and judiciary.

On the allegations that the president was not doing enough and lacked the capacity to fight corruption and insurgency, he said: “It is false, misleading and merely aimed at tarnishing the good image of the president.”

Manager said that corruption, which has been institutionalized in the country, can only be fought with the collaborative efforts of the three arms of government.

He said that the legislature whose primary responsibility was to make appropriate laws for good governance has not lived up to its expectations, while the judiciary has not done enough in the effort with the many corrupion cases still pending in court.