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The National
Association of Nigerian Students yesterday announced its drive to raise
N11 million to bankroll the presidential nomination form purchased for
President Goodluck Jonathan by governors of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) last Saturday.

The body’s
President, Jude Imagwe, told newsmen that the initiative, which is
tagged, it collecting N50 from every tertiary institution student
across the country as part of the association’s efforts towards
ensuring that Mr. Jonathan emerges the PDP’s presidential candidate and
wins the 2011 election.

Mr. Imagwe also
appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to
make voters registration centres available on campuses, so as to enable
students to effectively participate in the electoral process.

“As our comrade,
member and patron, the NANS Congress unanimously agreed to officially
raise funds to repay whosoever has purchased the nomination form for
President Jonathan to vie for the post of President in 2011 general
election,” Mr Imagwe said.

“The over 40
million Nigerian students will give our total support for President
Jonathan to emerge as President that will lead Nigeria through the part
of perestroika and glasnost. It is the new thinking for our students.”

Open to students

On why the body
chose to support Mr. Jonathan over other aspirants, Mr. Imagwe said the
President was the only aspirant to reach out to the students by
inviting them to his declaration and the first to give students access
to him to discuss their problems.

“We are equally unanimous in our scrutiny that President Jonathan,
having served as a lecturer, local government chairman, deputy
governor, Vice President, and current President of Nigeria, is the most
experienced, qualified, efficient, reliable, equitable and fair
Nigerian to lead the country to the promised land in 2011 as Nigeria’s
President,” he said.