I fulfilled my 2011 campaign promises –Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan Friday said he had
fulfilled the promises he made to Nigerians during his
2011 campaign.
He said this while inaugurating a five-seater air-
conditioned passenger inter-city rail transport system
that will link Makurdi, Benue State with Port-Harcourt,
Rivers State.
Jonathan, who was represented by Vice-President
Namadi Sambo, said the country had witnessed
transformation, especially in the transport sector
during his administration.
He said, "President Jonathan has ensured the
fulfilment of the promises he made to Nigerians by
transforming the country, especially the transport
sector as a critical infrastructure.
"Today's event is a commitment of our unflinching
services. This transformation is in three phases:
System transition, system modernisation and system
stabilisation".
Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State applauded
the President for reviving the "moribund" railway
system which he said had been abandoned for the
past thirty years.
He said, "Transformation does not need noise. We
need young people to run government, but not old
people who are too weak; the old people should guide
us to continue the Transformation Agenda."
The Chairman, Nigerian Railway Cooperation and
former National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party,
Bamanga Tukur, said the commitment of the Federal
Government in the railway sector had boosted the
economy.
The Minister of Transport, Idris Umar, also charged the
people to take advantage of the opportunity provided
by the present administration in the railway sector.
However, some Makurdi residents have described the
inauguration as "window dressing."
One of them, simply identified as Terkuma, asked,
"How can a dead railway system that has been
moribund in the last thirty years come to life in just
three days?"
He described the event as a campaign strategy to woo
the Benue electorate.
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