PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has told the National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that he would return stronger to help rebuild the party after taking a short break outside the country with his family.
The President urged the leadership, stakeholders, leaders, elders and members of the PDP to put behind them the defeat the party suffered during the March 28 presidential election where it lost to the All Progressives Congress, APC, after 16 years in power and build the party for future elections.
President Jonathan, who did not actually blame the leadership of the party for his loss at the election, was said to have heaped the blames on some of his very close aides, just as he told the NWC members that a Special Adviser from the North did not even vote on the day of Presidential election.
President Goodluck Jonathan displaying Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms at the People's Democratic Party's Secretariat in Abuja on Thursday (30/10/14).
Vanguard gathered that President Jonathan, who thanked members of the NWC for their support, disclosed to them that soon after the May 29 handover of government, he would travel outside the country with his family, rest, recuperate and then come back to politics later, but not immediately. President Jonathan who also warned the leadership of the party against apportioning blames asked them to ensure that the PDP does not disintegrate because of March and April elections.
PDP will bounce back He said from all indications, the PDP would bounce back against the backdrop that there would be the problem of ego where three persons will be serving as Presidents of the country with only one elected.
The Wednesday meeting was held behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa with the aim of ending the lingering crisis in the party after the general elections where some PDP governors, party leaders, stakeholders and members have been calling for the sack of the present National Working Committee, NWC, under Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu.
The meeting, the first of its kind since the PDP lost the presidency after 16 years of leadership to the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari, retd, was a postmortem on the election, to discuss the way forward for the party especially the move to heal the inflicted wounds, to restrategise as well as reposition the party.
It was also gathered that those present at the meeting used the opportunity to ruminate on the elections and the loss where they wished that the PDP would have won the election.
The ruling PDP, which controlled the Presidency, the Senate and the House of Representatives for 16 years since 1999, did not only suffer Presidential defeat, but it lost in its traditional states of Plateau; Niger; Kaduna; Benue; Bauchi and Jigawa.
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Posted: at 15-05-2015 06:56 AM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
Who dey talk after he don failed d whole PDP he dey talk rubbish pls we don't won't him again d damage he has done 2 dis country is enough cos 2011 we all voted 4 him bcos we believe is d massaih but now we no clearly DAT d Messiah has not even been born so Mr Jonathan pls pack bags and ur loots and go pls don't ever try naija politics again oooo cos u will remain a failure but pls lived our fuel for us.wen u first resume fuel wahala now u dey go another fuel wahala dem dey follow u?
Posted: at 15-05-2015 07:53 AM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
robertedo3 at 15-05-2015 08:17 AM (9 years ago) (m)
Whr is jona coming to rebiuld with pdp the funniest tin is dat dis guy refuses to acknowledge he is not real politician just dat destiny pave a way for you to lead and u failed woefully ur six yrs in power was supervise corruption wit ur folks u are the wost that has happened to this country
Posted: at 15-05-2015 08:17 AM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
dollypiper at 15-05-2015 08:49 AM (9 years ago) (f)
Quote from: robertedo3 on 15-05-2015 08:17 AM
Whr is jona coming to rebiuld with pdp the funniest tin is dat dis guy refuses to acknowledge he is not real politician just dat destiny pave a way for you to lead and u failed woefully ur six yrs in power was supervise corruption wit ur folks u are the wost that has happened to this country
you said it all!
Posted: at 15-05-2015 08:49 AM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Mr Jona go sidon dey watch first. Never think of rebuilding any stupid PDP. There's no difference btw PDP and APC jt few new pple from other party in APC. Let d PDP die and wake up itself.
Posted: at 15-05-2015 10:17 AM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
He really fall the citizen hand way vote for am, all for am to dey give us all those he sad picture way full online , like person way dey force am to bi president of naija. All he pictures online look like person way load dey heavy am , way no known how to drop am or how to tell the citizen say he no fit again. He decides to just dey loot the money with him gang and first lady way wan turn as the president of the country.
Posted: at 15-05-2015 06:20 PM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
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