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Good leadership is central to Nigeria’s development
and its aspiration to greatness in the comity of nations, Vice
President Mohammed Namadi Sambo, said yesterday in Abuja.

Speaking when a delegation of Nigeria Youths for
Goodluck Jonathan visited him at the State House, Abuja, Mr Sambo, who
was represented by his Special Adviser on Political Matters, Hussaini
Mohammed Jallo, said the country needs honest and transparent leaders
who are dedicated to the Nigerian project to move the country forward.
He said Mr Jonathan’s administration has started well by addressing
some of the most pressing needs in the country such as power,
infrastructure and the fight against corruption.

He also said that President Jonathan has re-ignite
confidence in the country as a nation by the international community
and this has to be sustained by giving all the support and cooperation
needed to move Nigeria forward in terms of development.

“The administration has begun the revitalization of
ailing industries in the country; this will bring employment to the
youths,” he said. “Improvement in power generation will also increase
and sustain the volume of business amongst our people.”

The national chairman of the group, Sambo Lawal, said
their coming together as a group “is derived from our passion to ensure
that Nigeria emerges as a virile, great and enduring nation where
justice and equity come as a natural birth right of every Nigerian.”

Poor political culture

He stated that development in the country has been
inhibited by poor political culture, nepotism, corruption, communal
rivalries, and religious suspicions, among others. Mr Lawal said his
delegation came to declare the support of Nigerian youths to Messrs
Jonathan and Sambo for successful implementation of government’s
policies and programmes, with particular reference to a transparent
electoral process, the revamping of the energy sector and elimination
of all forms of corruption in the conduct of government business.

He condemned the zoning formula as propounded by some politicians in
the PDP and urged Mr. Jonathan to declare his intention to run in the
2011 presidential poll as Nigerian youths are solidly behind him.