The Progressive Peoples Alliance has urged Nigerians to support President Goodluck Jonathan with prayers in 2013, irrespective of their party affiliations.
In a New Year message by the National chairman of the PPA, Chief Sam Nkire, the party said what President Jonathan needed most at this time were fervent prayers in order to deal with the problems of corruption, poverty, unemployment and insecurity.
Nkire commended the President for the improvement he has recorded in the power sector as well as the upgrading of the some portions of the Lagos-Ore Road.
He urged Jonathan to also consider upgrading the Enugu-Port Harcourt Road, among others.
Chief Nkire said the time had come for President Jonathan to shift from being a partisan president to being the president of all Nigerians, adding that he must rededicate himself to work for the welfare of all Nigerians and not just to ensure the payment of salaries of political office holders and people in government offices.
The PPA boss advised that President Jonathan should from 2013 do more to match his words with action in order to sustain the confidence of Nigerians who overwhelmingly trooped out and voted for him in 2011.
Nkire also said Nigerians had no doubt that the President meant well for the country but that people were worried that he did not seem serious with the fight against corruption, especially within his government.
According to the National Chairman of the PPA, the signature of one corrupt government official in one split second was capable of taking the country backward by more than one year of unemployment, homelessness, civil unrest and violence.
He further commended the President and the leadership of the National Assembly for the understanding they had in passing the 2013 appropriation in record time.
Nkire reiterated his call for a downward review of recurrent appropriations at the federal, state and local government levels in Nigeria.