Former governor of Anambra State and the Deputy National Director General of President Goodluck Jonathan’s Campaign group, Mr. Peter Obi, has called on maritime groups to support the candidacy of President Goodluck Jonathan in the forthcoming election.

The group comprises freight forwarders, maritime workers, Ndi Otu Okiwu (Igbo lawyers in Lagos) and selected Igbo groups, including Aka Ikenga and Igbo Amaka.

Obi, who made the call during separate interactions he had with the groups in Lagos yesterday, insisted that Jonathan remained the best candidate in the election.

He noted that no past President has done what Jonathan had done in four years, adding that Jonathan had not only resuscitated dead corporations in the country such as the railway, but was also building new ones and expanding the frontiers of the country’s economy.

Using agriculture as an example, Obi said under Jonathan, Nigeria’s food import bill had reduced by 50 percent.

He reminded maritime workers that President Goodluck Jonathan had done a lot to reduce their suffering, including the movement from the usual nine hours to 24 hours operations.

Obi, who also noted reforms and upgrade executed in the ports, said plans had also been concluded to build new ports to ease the congestion experienced at the old ports.

On the reasons Jonathan should return, Obi said he possessed essential qualities of leadership which, according to him, includes patience, fair-ness, sense of justice and integrity among others.

He argued that General Muhammadu Buhari’s taunted integrity did not translate into All Progressives Congress, APC’s integrity as, according to him, all those surrounding Buhari cannot be said to be men of integrity.