A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Ghali Umar Na’Abba, has told President Goodluck Jonathan to forget the support of the North if he decides to stand for the 2015 presidential election.
Na’Abba, according to a report monitored over the weekend, said Jonathan has so far disappointed most Northerners since he assumed office.
He said in terms of fulfilling his promises to the North and the handling of the running of the Peoples Democratic Party, most Northerners were not satisfied.
He said: “The way President Jonathan has been handling the party, there is a wide gap between him and Northerners.
“And I am afraid that Northerners will not return him to power again because he did lots of things wrong to the North.
“The feeling is very strong against him.”
Na’Abba said the possibility of the North stopping Jonathan in 2015 was very strong.
He said: “It is very possible because, right now in the North, the feeling is that Jonathan is not worth voting for.
“People feel that most of the people who supported him didn’t have the moral laxity to go and canvass for votes for Jonathan in the North.
“Those whose houses were burnt during the electoral violence have not been compensated.
“Lots of people do not have faith in him.
“When he was a candidate, what he often told us was that he would give attention to agriculture.
“And as a northerner, I am very passionate about agriculture.
“My regret is that I have not seen any Northern farmer who is happy as a result of anything Jonathan’s agriculture policy has brought to him.
“It will make it very difficult for some of us to support him again.”