President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday promised that he would not run Nigeria like a zoo if given second term in office.
He said he would run a government that would give room for freedom of expression without any fear of intimidation.
Jonathan made the promise during the Peoples Democratic Party presidential rally held at the Metropolitan Square, Ilorin, Kwara State.
He said he would not oversee a government under which Nigerians would be thinking they were in a zoo, where small animals would be afraid of the big ones.
He said, “My message to you is that we will work with you to ensure that Nigerians are free. We will ensure that you are not governed by intimidation.
“You must be able to express yourself without fear of intimidation. That is why I signed the Freedom of Information Act.
“We will not allow a situation where Nigerians will think they are in a zoo, where small animals are afraid of the big ones.”
He said since the inception of his administration, he had shown commitment to repositioning the country.
The President said his administration had done so much that he would not disappoint Nigerians.
He mentioned some of the areas his administration had made giant leaps to include railway, health care, agriculture and the economy.
The President said world bodies such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Cable News Network and others had spoken in support of the visible growth in the nation’s economy.
He wondered if Nigerians who criticised his government’s economic policies were more brilliant than the world bodies. President Jonathan warned such people to stop deceiving Nigerians.
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