As President Goodluck Jonathan commences his second year in office from June 1; Nigerians on Tuesday in Lagos expressed diverse expectations from him.
Some told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews that although Jonathan did not perform badly in the past one year, but that he needed to do more.
The Leader of the Oodua Peoples’ Congress (OPC), Dr Frederick Fasheun, hailed Jonathan for holding the country together under a democratic system.
“Jonathan has not been doing too badly at least for holding the country together under what is called seeming democracy.
“The entire system had been damaged before he came in to office so let us give him peace of mind to work hard after all he has four years to his first term,’’ he said.
?Fasheun argued that there was chaos and trouble all over the place, saying but when he came into offi? he inherited all these so he required time to fix these problems.
Also speaking, the President, Aviation Round Table, Capt. Dele Ore, also agreed that Jonathan had not performed badly in his one year in office.
“ I think his one year in office has been very okay but we expect that his second year in office, Nigerians will get power and have a secured environment so that every one will feel safe whereever they are no matter which tribe they are.
“He also has to really take seriously the issue of youth unemployment as well as tackling very seriously the issue of corruption besides these I think everything seems to be okay and we wish him all the best,’’ he said.
However, the Executive Secretary of Campaign for Constitutionalism and Human Rights (CCHR), Mr Toyin Raheem, did not agree that Jonathan did well in his office.
“We expect that as he commences his second year by tomorrow, he should ensure that he put in place machineries to ensure that we have a sovereign national conference because it has become important that we have it.
“It is important for Nigerians to come together to decide the way we should live as Nigerians in the face of the security, unemployment and civil unrest everywhere in the land,’’ he said.
According to him, power belongs to the people hence the panacea for us to have development in Nigeria.
Also speaking, the Executive Director of the CLEEN Foundation, Mr Innocent Chukwuma, urged Jonathan to ensure he wins back the people’s confidence.
According to him, Nigerians think that Jonathans one year in office has not achieved much.
“We think that the first year of his administration was very low in the history of this country,’’ he said. (NAN)