President Goodluck Jonathan has formally declared today that he will contest the 2015 Presidential election for his second term in office, even as he expressed appreciation to all those who have either endorsed him or adpoted him for the post.
The President, who was responding to members of the National Executive Council (NEC) of his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who adopted him today as the party’s sole Presidential candidate for the next year’s election said that he was really humbled and overwhelmed by the show of support from all the PDP family.
He promised not to disappoint the PDP governors, the leaders, stakeholders and all the organs of the part that have endorsed him as the sole candidate.
“Let me really say that the events of yesterday, starting with BoT (Board of Trustees) meeting last night and what has just happened today, with the various motions adopting me as sole candidate of the party has really humbled me.
“Let me specially thank our governors that initiated that action. Let me thank members of BoT. Let me thank the Senate President and members of the National Assembly. Let me appreciate the PDP women for their position and the NEC, because no matter whatever anybody does, if NEC does not recognise you, you will be on your own.
” Adopting me as the sole candidate of the party has humbled me; I am totally overwhelmed. When the governors came up in a jointly signed paper, though House of Representatives started it, governors intervention was like an atomic bomb, I commend all departments of the NEC.
“I am so overwhelmed that I lack words to express myslef. I leave it for another day. For today, for you to have that kind of confidence, I am extremely challenged. It means that whatever we had done in the past three years, we tripple it. “That is the only way Nigerians will appreciate it. I promise I will not disappoint you.”
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