By Austin Ogwuda
Asaba—GOVERNOR of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, weekend in Asaba, said he is not opposed to the emergence of the incumbent President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan in 2011, as being peddled in some quarters.

Speaking at a reception organised for the President, who paid a one-day visit to the state, Uduaghan said,  whatever achievements the President saw on Saturday  were “a mere tip of the iceberg,” noting that the state was being transformed to become “the emerging Tiger of Nigeria.”

Said he, “we whole heartedly align with your desires for electoral reforms and admire the manner with which you conduct the affairs of government. Having shown impeccable leadership since assuming office, following the exit of late President Umaru Yar’Adua, a great friend of the people of the Niger Delta, through circumstances nobody wished for, your being in the driver’s seat today can only be an act of God.

“If history is any guide, the partnership between the people of the South-South and our brothers in the North is a special relationship, a relationship built on trust and mutual understanding.  I see your presidency now and in the future as a continuation of that special relationship. To then oppose it, as some might want to do, is to oppose that which has bonded us together through the ages,  it is to oppose the design of God.

“The shortness of your visit  has not allowed us to show you the full dimension of our state, our love, our care and our humanity,” he added.