President Goodluck Jonathan has confessed that if it were not the strong support which the stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gave him, the opposition political parties would have confused him and mess up his Transformation Agenda.
“The opposition is getting stiffer everyday as we approach the 2015 general elections, but thank God and for the PDP family that has stood by me.”
The President spoke today at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Post Declaration luncheon at the Presidential Aso Villa, Abuja. The President used the occasion to dissolve the Presidential Declaration Committee, headed by the former minister of Defence, Dr. Haliru Bello.
Jonathan reminded the PDP top shots and members that the task ahead as the nation enters the campaign era is very tough, and that everyone should be on his or her toes.
He expressed confidence that with the caliber of people in PDP, no other party would be able to measure up to its high standards, even as he assured the stakeholders that with their continued support, he would move Nigeria forward to where it supposed to be in the comity of nations.
President Jonathan considered himself lucky to be what he called “a privileged Presidential aspirant” whose candidature would be confirmed at the party’s national convention in a fortnight from now.
“I want the aspirants in the party at whatever level to take whatever result they get at the party’s state congresses in good faith. Some of the aspirants are privileged like me, but those who will be elected at the congresses should work hard for the success of the party.
“in life, what I looked for I didn’t get; it is what I did not look for that I got.”
Speaking at the occasion, the party’s national chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu said that the road to 2015 general elections is tough and rough but that the party is up to the task.
Mu’azu called on the party members to remain focus and be disciplined, adding: “this is the only way we can move forward.”
The chairman described President Jonathan as the most successful leader in Nigeria today, adding that his declaration to run for the second term in office was ‘presidential.” [myad]
