The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has said that its presidential candidate in the forthcoming election, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, will be contesting against a semi-literate candidate.
Ostensibly referring to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), the party also said the election would be between Jonathan and “a military jackboot.”
Buhari, a former head of state, is the only presidential candidate who has a military background .
Section 131(d) of the 1999 Constitution allows anyone with school certificate qualification to contest any elective office in the country.
The PDP, through its National Secretary, Dr. Wale Oladipo, said when some leaders of the PDP in the Diaspora visited its national secretariat in Abuja on Monday that there was no way the President would not win the election.
It said, “The next election is going to be between darkness and light. It is going to be between a cosmopolitan highly-focused Ph.D holder and a semi-literate jackboot.
“Our candidate is a man who believes in integrating the economy of Nigeria into the world economic order. He is a man who believes that the power sector should continue to be reformed so that we will attain the level of power generation and distribution that is commensurate with our aspiration in terms of industrial development. Nigeria cannot afford to go back. We will continue to move forward.”
The party said having won three presidential elections in which Buhari ran on the platforms of different political parties, there was no way it would not floor the APC which had decided to field the former military leader as its presidential candidate.
Describing the APC as a party not ready to offer alternatives, the party advised Nigerians to remain with it.
It said, “Even though we are not a perfect party, our mission is perfect.
“We do not belong to any religious organisation and we don’t belong to any ethnic group. In preparing for the next election, which is not going to be like previous ones because for the first time, the opposition has coupled together a contraption that is called the APC.
“They have passed through the motion and endorsed their perennial candidate. We have beaten him three times, we are going to beat him once again.
“The APC is not a political party that is ready to offer an alternative to the teeming masses of this country. The only agenda they seem to have is to see our back.”
The PDP said that God had decided that Nigeria would not only continue to wax stronger, he had also “decided that this country will not go back to 1983 when we had to start doing trade-by-barter with Brazil; when we went back 500 years to start practising what our ancestors practised when there was no currency in this country.”
“God has decried it that we will continue to pilot the affairs of this country and continue to implement the transformation agenda,” the PDP added.
But the Director of Publicity of the Buhari 2015 Support Group Centre, Dr. Chidia Maduekwe, expressed shock about the PDP comments, saying they showed the depth of their understanding of Buhari.
He said, “How can the PDP refer to a man who had his initial military training in Nigeria and the best officer cadet training institutions in the world as semi-literate. They are so lazy that they can not check Gen. Buhari’s profile in this internet age.The general went to the Military Training College in Kaduna; the Mons Officer Cadet School in the United Kingdom; the Defence Services College in India and the Army War College in the United States. The certificates given by these institutions are equivalent to university degrees.
“If they want a copy of the general’s CV(Curriculum Vitae), they are welcome to have one.”
The BSGC boss advised that it would better serve public interest if the record of performance of Buhari was put side-by-side that of Jonathan.
According to him, it was pedestrian for the PDP to reduce the issues at stake to educational qualification.
Maduekwe said, “Buhari had the opportunity to govern this nation in the past and his records are there for all to see.
“He managed our economy very well and paid up our debts and built up our foreign reserves. This was a man who was in charge when our refineries were built; this was a man who was in charge of the PTF(Petroleum Trust Fund) and left an enviable record.
“Contrast him with our Ph.D holder (Jonathan) who has run our economy aground and our foreign reserves depleted and we are today raking up debts.
“Under this Ph.D holder, Nigeria has come last among nations in the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals with a 2015 deadline. Nigeria came last because; we have a PDP government which is visionless. Nigerians certainly do not want a continuity of this suffering.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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It's very obvious dat dis PDP people are really scaref of loosing dis election and dey know dey will definately loos galantly.upon all his Phd of Gdp, where does it take Nigeria to. He only focus on encouraging corruption. That is his area of focus n specialisation.
ReplyDeleteBe ready to HUG a 33KVA TRANSFORMER by 17th FEBRUARY, 2015 when GEJ wld be CONFIRMED as the WINNER of 14th FEBRUARY, 2015 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
DeleteIt's very obvious dat dis PDP people are really scaref of loosing dis election and dey know dey will definately loos galantly.upon all his Phd of Gdp, where does it take Nigeria to. He only focus on encouraging corruption. That is his area of focus n specialisation.
ReplyDeleteWho says you need a PhD to be President? Presidency is about leadership qualities, not about holding a terminal degree. "I don't give a damn", says the PhD President. No intelligent President uses an expression such as that, except this PhD President. Jonathan has run the country into the ground and should be given a job as a zoo keeper, since he has a degree in zoology. PhD my foot.
ReplyDeleteI support this. The Ph.D of Mr President is useless because he could not make any remarkable improvement in the leadership of Nigeria.
DeleteMr President should be kept in the leadership of zoo. That is his area of training.
Bravado! Ph.D my foot!! Alternatively let him go & manage fishery, then he can pass d fish to blood sharing woman for pepper soap business
DeleteCV or no CV,GEJ will always be better than someone who just last year said that an attack against Boko haram was an attack against the North. Someone who critisized the proscription of Boko haram as a terrorist organization. Someone who just last year was equating the Boko haram activities with that of the Niger Delta militants whose course of struggle was entirely different from that of Boko haram. Someone who on several occasions asked for amnesty for his Boko haram boys. I'll rather remain as I am with the hope that the GEJ government is given me than commit the blunder of voting GMB.
ReplyDeleteMoreover we understand that it will not be easy to clean up all the mess dumped there by the previous governments in just four years. GEJ has been doing a lot of cleaning and restructuring, which are at the verge of yielding positive results. If we allow GMB to get in,he will claim all the efforts of the present government. This is obvious bcos he has not even recognized that fact that the present government is working,how can we expect him to continue the good work?
Jonathan is a failure and a bigot whose policy statements were made not only made in church but that he equated himself with Jesus. A highly corrupt and divisive individual who has not only refused to declare his assets but declared that stealing is not corruption. He was only trained to manage animals not humans. Little wonder he is scared of GMB and of any contest with humans.
DeletePDP is a failure party and they are just beating around the bush. They was talking about Muslim/ Muslim and now that APC is Muslim/Christian, they are full of fear bcos they knew Nigerians is tired of currupt government of PDP. OBJ was a retired Gen. too when he contest for presidential candidate under PDP but the opposition then never complain. Nigerian is not going to vote for Phd that can't take us to the promised land, that semi illiterate is better than the Phd mumu president that doesnt have adequate planning than curruption
DeleteBros...... I fink say u no dey Naija since d past 3-4years or mayb U cant see wetin dey happen 4 Naija, mayb na fake news dem dey always yawn you. For u to say GEJ is performing better, something must wrong with you. Jonathan is a bunch of Failure. We tot mayb he will perform dat why I personally vote 4 him then, but since he has failed numerous naija pple........ He gash commot Aso Rock 4 someone who has brain more dan him. GEJ pass through skul, but skul doesnt thru him @all
DeleteCould you please enumerate what his PH. D has done to better the life of citizens.
ReplyDeleteThose who live in glass house shouldn't throw stones.
ReplyDeletePDP is saying that all our army generals are semi literate!
ReplyDeleteThe constitution says minimum of school cert, then why the complaint.
PhD or no PhD we know the then REPRESSIVE government of Buhari. For him to come back is for another reign of a brutal civilians government. A government of Buhari will divide Nigeria greatly along religious line. He said before. He has fundamentalist Islamic agenda. He said Politics is a dirty game and now he want to go into it, who is trying to deceive? Buhari sacked an elected Civilians government and he think now he can come and become a CIVILIAN president. It will not happen. NIGERIANS SHOULD NOT MAKE WHAT WILL BE THE GREATEST MISTAKE OF OUR LIFE. No well meaning Nigerian should believe in BUHARI's Lies.
ReplyDeleteSoutherners are foolishly tribalistic and I wonder what benefit it has done for them. Dollars is now 194, economy is dying, import duty is unimaginable, businesses are crying and one fool is here talking about PhD.
ReplyDeleteOur PDP leaders in diaspora visited Abuja, the party's secretariat, that is good, did they take time to visit their villages?
ReplyDeleteA PhD in Zoology? How exactly this prepares you for governance befuddles me. These PDP clowns have nothing to offer, so they try to distract us.
ReplyDeleteGod forbid that a FOOLISH FORMER MILITARY and SEMI -LITERATE MAN should be allowed to rule us agan. This BOKO HARAM MAN who closed down The National Open University of Nigeria when he was in power will as well close down all the universities in Nigeria if voted in because he hates education. Say No To Boko Haram Say No To a APC.
ReplyDeleteThe end of your comment sounded more foolish than the start.
DeleteAnybody that believes GMB will become president is an Allah. Allah meand madness in my tribe
DeleteWhat Phd? You mean a man with a REAL PhD is in charge of governance in Nigeria and the citizens are drying up daily in squalor and abject disillusionment? Where has this qualification taken Nigeria to? Please spare us the talk about this PhD holder! I believe Nigerians are wiser and vote for integrity and tested performers with enviable records.
ReplyDeleteA clueless PhD holder that has nothing to offer Nigerians after six years. PDP Abeg make una think of something else, and allow 9ja pple decide.
ReplyDeletePhD in Corruption Science! They are really scared. After saying that GEJ qualification is equal to that of our Lord Jesus now they want to glorify an academic qualification that has failed to yield any fruit for Nigerians in 6yrs. What a failed PhD holder!
ReplyDeletewe have tried the so called literates since 1999 and still remain in darkness under their epileptic power supply. we want a change this time around and the semi illiterate is our choice. All the money that you are going to share will be collected cos it is our money that you people embezelled. Let us try other parties, you have failed us.
ReplyDeletewe have tried the so called literates since 1999 and still remain in darkness under their epileptic power supply. we want a change this time around and the semi illiterate is our choice. All the money that you are going to share will be collected cos it is our money that you people embezelled. Let us try other parties, you have failed us.
ReplyDeleteIt is better to vote for a PHD than to vote for a semi illiterate because half education is a decease , it is better to vote for light than to vote for darkness, it is better to vote for a petrotic Nigeria than to vote for the person that trouble Nigeria because he wants to rule by all means, it is better to vote for a true democrats than to vote for a militratary dictated who has once organized a coup that ousted a democratic elected government, it is better to vote for the transformation agenda than to vote for someone that is adviced to continue with it for development. And much more it is better to vote fo Goodluck than to vote for badluck. The will of Almighty God shall happen.
ReplyDeleteAll theses your point was what we put into consideration when we voted Jonathan 2011, the question you should ask yourself is where has that got us to? Listen to Jonathan speech at times he thus not justify the PHD his holding.
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DeleteWhat is the use Of PhD? When you cannot understand simple things like we are tired of the your inability to leadthis nation, does phD run the State? PDP has nothing to offer this country discuss issue and not holders of animal PhD's little wonder he runs the state this way before I become like this clueless PDP, PDP Nigerians want you to discuses issues like security, job creation, education, health care, rule of law, etc and the government of GEJ has failed in all this, so please give me a break with your phD's which in case you all are aware how much Nigerians obtain this useless papers. I cannot imagine a man that claims to have phD and can't understand simple things and when enough is enough. Come feburary we will vote, stay there and make sure it counts even if it requires the ultimate price of our blood to send the phD man out and put the uneducated man in who has a focus and the will to start the journey to get us to the promise land, we know he will not take us into the promise land but he will get us started like the biblical Moses did. So help us God!!!
ReplyDeleteThis PDP is made up of a bunch of brain dead childish people, PHD my ass, my people will say "passing six no be passing sense. Please God give us a stark illiterate president who will take us to the promised land, semi illiterate is even too good. Phd in animal husbandry na im be phd? no wonder nigerians are being treated like animals by jonathan. Arrant nonsense
ReplyDeletePDP needs to be remembered how the highly trained professional soldier in Goliath was brought down by just a stone from the catapult of a small untrained boy called David....Bam Bam
ReplyDeleteThe late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo was not a Phd holder and we knew how his masses oriented policies affected ordinary Nigerian. Quality leadership is not a function of qualification but adequate planning & execution.
ReplyDeletePhd without vision is useless. He used his PhD to encourage corruption we cannot continue like this we need change. The man is clueless with the useless advice given to him by his useless advisers. The way voted him in 2011 we will vote him out come 2015 by God grace
ReplyDeleteIt is on record that you do not need PHD to perform as a leader. It is a fact that this administration has performed poorly. I will rather vote for a change than to continue waiting for Jonathan to improve after more than five years in power. What school and experience does he need to improve after these years. Let's do away with stomach infrastructure, it is a tool for underdevelopment.
ReplyDeleteBuhari and is party are fundamentalist, they will divide Nigeria with religion and their selfish aims. Jonathan is still ok for now since there is no any other credible person to rule Nigeria
ReplyDeletePDP Shame! PhD Failure
ReplyDeleteIs Animal science or animal husbandry education. Are you not suppose to work in the Zoo. Nigeria has become a Zoo for the PDP.
ReplyDeleteTransformation agenda is working.
ReplyDeleteTRANSFORMATION AGENDA IS GOING ON SUCCESSFULLY AS WE ALL CAN PERCEIVE.
1. Petrol from N65 to N97 - in most other places over N120
2. Kerosene from 50 naira to 120 and above i.e (unofficial price).
3. Garri from N100 to N260 per measure
4. Sugar/flour/beans/ all from N180 to N250 or more per measure
5. Electricity charge from N1,250 to N4000 per month even when not available
6. Scarcity of money in all sphere of life, yet abundantly available if one is a Jonathanian e.g groups campaigning for the continuation of the EBELE ill wind
7. Killings from few individuals to whole communities being wiped out
8. Police/military roadblocks from 1 per 40km to 2 per 3km
9. Crude oil illegal bunkering from 10,000 barrels pd to 100,000 barrels pd.
10. Constant industrial actions by many organisations
11. From the sack of few workers to the sack of thousands of workers
12. WASSCE rate of failure from 40% to over 70%
13. Trust, love and unity among citizens from substantial to zero
14. Misappropriation of funds from billions of Naira to billions of
DOLLARS or TRILLIONS of naira
15. Budget implementation from 40% to less than 20% Per year
16. Roads from potholes to huge craters and cut-offs
17. Economy from worse in Africa to greatest in Africa on paper, but the masses from poor to poorest
18. Defection of polititians from a few tens to hundreds of persons, in some cases thousands from one party to the other. Nigerian soldiers now defect to other countries
19. Transport fares, from a few hundreds of Naira to several thousand of Naira, on both air and road networks
20. Bribe takings from only police, now includes all authorities, soldiers inclusive
21. ATM charges from zero to N65 per transaction
22. New English phrase called 'Tactical Manoeuvre' when soldiers are deliberately dispatched with low grade weapons to be killed by a well armed "Boko Haram"
23. Bribery scandal from few to substantial
24. Police pension scam
25. Oduahgate
26. Bart Nnaji NEPA scandal
27. Allison jet scandal
28. Orisajafor $10 million arms scandal
29. Subsidy scam
30. Immigration death scandal
31. Missing $20 billion
32. Handling boko haram with kid gloves only to report that the nation is winning on insurgents.
33. Election delegate bribe
34. Sheriff/Ihejirika case, etc.
I pledged to Nigeria my country, to be working, voting and praying, to oppose the cluelessness of the shoeless one, to whom16 is greater than 19, to whom stealing is not corruption; that may God give me the wisdom to vote the imbecile out of office, and send him packing from Aso-rock, to Otuoke from where he came aboard our ship, come 2015 my lord,
And uphold our honour and glory so help me God.
Committee of PhD holders are doubting Jonathans' PhD . It has brought shame to them. Vote out this govt.
ReplyDeletePlease of what good is the phd? That couldnt provide basic amenities all these years. Insecurity alone could not be tackled let alone the host of others. I only desire a proactive leader who knows what to do per time
ReplyDeleteGEJ, phd and PEG na phd too.Fuel subsidy rose from 23 billion to 2.3trillion.tranformation agenda.
ReplyDeleteWhy bringing the issue of academic qualifications to this sensitive issue of good governance in the country. I firmly believe that academic qualification definitely is not an issue at all. The PDP Secretary should not have brought that issue because it portrays the party as not looking at the prevailing problem that the country is now facing. Let PDP come out with some solid and pragmatic issues that the average Nigerians will incorporate as valid and intelligently coherent. I do not belong to any political party as yet, but I should be guarded by intelligent and laudable statements. Let the PDP come out with something more basic and fundamental to the average intelligent Nigerians.
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