President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan declared Thursday in Abuja
that if members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) remain committed to the
vision of its founding fathers and work very hard, the party will return to
power at the Federal level in 2019.
Speaking after receiving the report of the PDP Presidential
Campaign Organization at the Presidential Villa, President Jonathan said that
the party already had all that it will require to win the 2019 elections, but
needed to return to the drawing board to
re-strategize for the future. “
Whatever happened was like a slip. You don’t need to travel
to America to know how power moves from the Republicans to the Democrats and
from the Democrats to the Republicans.
“You can even go to Ghana that is very close to us. The present
administration lost some years back and
of course they came back, and won the elections. So the problem is not whether
we lost or won elections, which is already history, but how we can
reconsolidate our party. “If we are
committed and we work hard, definitely the PDP will spring back,” President
Jonathan told members of the party’s Presidential Campaign Organisation.
Noting that the outcome of future elections will be
determined by the party’s preparedness, President Jonathan urged members of the
PDP to be more united and remain loyal to the party. “We must continue to be united as a party.
And continue to work hard so that as we move towards subsequent elections in
2019 and 2023, PDP will come out stronger.
“Let’s not judge PDP by the results of the presidential
elections, because in some of the states where we saw the PDP score so low, it
was probably due to problems within the PDP.
“The party will come back stronger. PDP is still the most
organized party. PDP is still the party that nobody owns. PDP is still the
party that whoever you are, you can get to any level that you aspire to through
competence.
I encourage members
of our party to remain faithful and not be disillusioned,’’ the President
said. In his remarks at the occasion,
the Director General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Sen. Ahmadu
Ali, commended President Jonathan for putting the nation before his personal
ambition. “Our great party will emerge from this debacle stronger, wiser and prouder.
Even in defeat, we are able to impart some valuable lessons to the Nigerian
electorate. “This is the first time in the history of this country that a
sitting Government has handed over power peacefully to an opposition party
after an election. We are proud of you,’’ he told President Jonathan.
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan declared Thursday in Abuja
that if members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) remain committed to the
vision of its founding fathers and work very hard, the party will return to
power at the Federal level in 2019.
Speaking after receiving the report of the PDP Presidential
Campaign Organization at the Presidential Villa, President Jonathan said that
the party already had all that it will require to win the 2019 elections, but
needed to return to the drawing board to
re-strategize for the future. “
Whatever happened was like a slip. You don’t need to travel
to America to know how power moves from the Republicans to the Democrats and
from the Democrats to the Republicans.
“You can even go to Ghana that is very close to us. The present
administration lost some years back and
of course they came back, and won the elections. So the problem is not whether
we lost or won elections, which is already history, but how we can
reconsolidate our party. “If we are
committed and we work hard, definitely the PDP will spring back,” President
Jonathan told members of the party’s Presidential Campaign Organisation.
Noting that the outcome of future elections will be
determined by the party’s preparedness, President Jonathan urged members of the
PDP to be more united and remain loyal to the party. “We must continue to be united as a party.
And continue to work hard so that as we move towards subsequent elections in
2019 and 2023, PDP will come out stronger.
“Let’s not judge PDP by the results of the presidential
elections, because in some of the states where we saw the PDP score so low, it
was probably due to problems within the PDP.
“The party will come back stronger. PDP is still the most
organized party. PDP is still the party that nobody owns. PDP is still the
party that whoever you are, you can get to any level that you aspire to through
competence.
I encourage members
of our party to remain faithful and not be disillusioned,’’ the President
said. In his remarks at the occasion,
the Director General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Sen. Ahmadu
Ali, commended President Jonathan for putting the nation before his personal
ambition. “Our great party will emerge from this debacle stronger, wiser and prouder.
Even in defeat, we are able to impart some valuable lessons to the Nigerian
electorate. “This is the first time in the history of this country that a
sitting Government has handed over power peacefully to an opposition party
after an election. We are proud of you,’’ he told President Jonathan.
6 Comments
Will he come back in 2019?
ReplyDeleteSee how far 2019 is not they've already started planning how to rig the election
ReplyDeleteWe believe him.
ReplyDeleteIt might not be that easy...
ReplyDeleteGood encouragement.
ReplyDeleteNice one from GEJ
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