President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday sent congratulatory message to the winner of Saturday’s Adamawa state governorship elections, Murtala Nyako of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
In a statement released by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, President Jonathan urged Mr Nyako to “receive the fresh mandate given to him by the people of Adamawa State for a second term in office as a call to further duty in the service of his people and an immense opportunity to carry forward the policies, projects and programmes initiated during his first term to promote progress and development in Adamawa State”.
The President said that he is looking forward to continuing to work with Mr Nyako and the government of Adamawa State on the implementation of the federal government’s agenda for transformation of the country.
In the message, the President Jonathan also congratulates the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the nation’s security agencies for the peaceful and successful conduct of the elections.
He further urged both INEC and the security agencies “to keep up the good work in other governorship elections scheduled to hold in Bayelsa State, Cross River State and Sokoto State this month”.