Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has said that under no circumstances should opposition to President Goodluck Jonathan's perceived second term ambition come from the Niger Delta region.
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Speaking during an interactive session with newsmen in Lagos yesterday, the Delta State governor challenged the north to reciprocate the high votes gotten by Northern presidential candidates from the Niger Delta region in 2015 when Jonathan expectedly stands for re-election.
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Governor Uduaghan also used the opportunity to rebuff the call by the Governor Rotimi Amaechi- led Nigerian Governors Forum, that the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala should resign on account of the financial challenges the group said is facing the country. Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala is from Delta State.
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Governor Uduaghan, a medical doctor, is in Lagos to receive the Fellowship of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, the highest award given by the institution.
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On the agitations against President Jonathan, Governor Uduaghan expressed concern that the opposition against his political aspiration was essentially because the president is from the Niger Delta.
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Uduaghan said: "Many people in the Niger Delta believe that this opposition against Jonathan is because he is from Niger Delta. They started with performance but now people are beginning to see performance.
They should all just leave 2015 to sort out itself and focus on this year first. There's still a lot of things to be done in the country for now!