2015: Jonathan pleads for patience •Group to deposit N19.5m for nomination form

2015: Jonathan pleads for patience •Group to deposit N19.5m for nomination form



AMIDST the ongoing agitation from various quarters demanding that President Goodluck Jonathan declares his ambition for the 2015 presidential race, Jonathan, at the weekend, assured Nigerians and the international community that he would respond to the clarion call of making himself available again for the service of the fatherland in the next political dispensation very soon.

President Jonathan, who spoke in Abuja on Saturday, at a rally tagged: “Return Jonathan 2015 Rally,” organised by one of the campaign groups seeking his re-election, House to House Campaign Organisation for Democracy, appealed to all and sundry to be little patient with him, but assured that he would not let them and the nation down.

The president, who was represented at the rally attended across the 36 states of the federation and Abuja by his Senior Special Assistant on Youths and Students’ Matters, Jude Imagwe, however, assured that the Federal Government, under his administration, would provide a level playing ground for all political parties to operate ahead the 2015 general elections, as obtained in the previous elections held in Edo, Ondo, Anambra, Ekiti and Osun states, with the principle of “one man, one vote” being at the centre stage.

He urged Nigerians to unite against evil activities of the insurgents threatening the corporate existence of the country, saying there were gains in unity, as it would allow for the growth and the general development of the country, which would make it maintain its leadership position in the African continent.

On the missing Chibok girls and the call by a section of the Northern elders that there would be no general elections without rescuing them, the president advised against politicising or turning the all-important national concern to ethnic issue, as all hands were on the deck, as they were working round the clock with appropriate agencies to rescue the girls alive and reunite them with their respective families.

This came just as the campaign organisation formally declared President Jonathan wanted to immediately declare for the 2015 presidential race under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying Nigerians had waited for too long and would no longer tolerate any further delay.

Addressing the rally, the Director-General of the campaign organisation, Honourable Ogidi Ben Bara, who publicly declared President Jonathan wanted for the race, in accordance with the yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians, disclosed that the women wing of the campaign organisation had already raised a sum of N19.5 million and would be depositing the amount at the Wadata Plaza National Secretariat of the PDP to purchase the nomination form for the race for Jonathan, saying he was even at liberty to declare his intention at the comfort zone of his bedroom.


AMIDST the ongoing agitation from various quarters demanding that President Goodluck Jonathan declares his ambition for the 2015 presidential race, Jonathan, at the weekend, assured Nigerians and the international community that he would respond to the clarion call of making himself available again for the service of the fatherland in the next political dispensation very soon.

President Jonathan, who spoke in Abuja on Saturday, at a rally tagged: “Return Jonathan 2015 Rally,” organised by one of the campaign groups seeking his re-election, House to House Campaign Organisation for Democracy, appealed to all and sundry to be little patient with him, but assured that he would not let them and the nation down.

The president, who was represented at the rally attended across the 36 states of the federation and Abuja by his Senior Special Assistant on Youths and Students’ Matters, Jude Imagwe, however, assured that the Federal Government, under his administration, would provide a level playing ground for all political parties to operate ahead the 2015 general elections, as obtained in the previous elections held in Edo, Ondo, Anambra, Ekiti and Osun states, with the principle of “one man, one vote” being at the centre stage.

He urged Nigerians to unite against evil activities of the insurgents threatening the corporate existence of the country, saying there were gains in unity, as it would allow for the growth and the general development of the country, which would make it maintain its leadership position in the African continent.

On the missing Chibok girls and the call by a section of the Northern elders that there would be no general elections without rescuing them, the president advised against politicising or turning the all-important national concern to ethnic issue, as all hands were on the deck, as they were working round the clock with appropriate agencies to rescue the girls alive and reunite them with their respective families.

This came just as the campaign organisation formally declared President Jonathan wanted to immediately declare for the 2015 presidential race under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying Nigerians had waited for too long and would no longer tolerate any further delay.

Addressing the rally, the Director-General of the campaign organisation, Honourable Ogidi Ben Bara, who publicly declared President Jonathan wanted for the race, in accordance with the yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians, disclosed that the women wing of the campaign organisation had already raised a sum of N19.5 million and would be depositing the amount at the Wadata Plaza National Secretariat of the PDP to purchase the nomination form for the race for Jonathan, saying he was even at liberty to declare his intention at the comfort zone of his bedroom.