PDP will return to Aso Rock in 2019 ----Jonathan
(Nigeria) President Goodluck Jonathan said on 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 Organisation 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 current
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.
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