The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday night endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan as the sole presidential candidate of the party for the forthcoming 2015 election.
The endorsement came few hours after the PDP Governors Forum led by Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, endorsed Jonathan as the sole presidential candidate of the party.
Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the BoT meeting in the Banquet Hall of the State House, Abuja, the former Minister of Information and chieftain of the party, Prof. Jerry Gana said that the Trustees are pleased with the way Jonathan has been steering the ship of state.
Towards the forthcoming convention of the party, he said that the BoT will continue to persuade members of the party to support Jonathan for the election.
Gana, who was flanked by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and the Secretary of the BoT, Walid Jubril, also disclosed that the BoT approved the party’s timetable for its primaries and electoral guidelines for the party’s primaries.
But he said that the timetable and the guidelines will have to be approved by the National Executive Committee (NEC) on Thursday before made public at a press conference at the PDP Headquarters in Abuja.
Disclosing that Akpabio had informed the BoT meeting of the unanimous resolution of all the PDP governors to make President Goodluck Jonathan as the sole and unopposed candidate of the party, he said: “They resolved that no PDP governor will be interested to vie for the office of President.”
Gana specifically noted that the Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, also approved the candidacy of President Jonathan as he had called his Deputy on phone to sign the document endorsing Jonathan for the position during the PDP Governors’ meeting in Abuja.
He said that a document signed by all the PDP governors on the resolution will be presented to the President at another forum.
On the criticism of the party by the Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, he noted that the governor has benefited immensely under the party before defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“If anybody has the right to criticise the PDP, it is not the governor of Kano State if he is a man of integrity.” He stated
The BoT secretary commended all members of the PDP nationwide.
Ekweremadu said that democracy is part and parcel of the PDP and that the freedom of expression guaranteed by the administration was what enabled Kano State governor to freely criticise. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Hmmmm! Democracy rebranded!! Nigeriana Africana!!! After 2015, another group will emerge to canvass for Jonathan's life presidency; bet me.
ReplyDeleteThis is the final attempt to frustrate and check-mate all those nursing the idea of contesting against GEJ in PDP at the primaries.
ReplyDeleteThe cat is now out of the bag. We all now see the true colour of PDP that it's indeed a corrupt party and PDP is really not for Nigeria or in the interest of Nigerians. Sha-sha-sha people.
It's obvious to anyone all over the world that GEJ is not popular enough to win the primaries in his own party talk-less of winning the national election.
This shows that Nigerians in PDP all are corrupt and everyone of them has a price. A lot of money have already changed hands.
Dia ris God ooooooo .......