President
Goodluck Jonathan, who is gunning for a re-election on the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) platform has chosen Lagos State, South-west Nigeria, as the state
to host his kick-off campaign.
The
campaign committee of the party said the event would hold at the Tafawa Balewa
Square in Lagos today.
The
PDP said its candidate is running on the record of his performance, which the
party said ranges from turnaround of the agricultural sector, transportation
and road networking across the country.
The
PDP had ratified the choice of President Jonathan as the party’s presidential
candidate in the February 2015 presidential election. Jonathan’s candidacy was
ratified at the National Convention of the party that was held in December at
the Eagles Square in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
He
polled 2,812 ‘YES’ votes to get the needed support from the party in a result
that was announced in the early hours of December 11, 2014.
Jonathan
had earlier been chosen as the sole candidate of the party, a development that
did not go down well with some members of the party who had the intention of
vying for the ticket.
Jonathan,
in his acceptance speech as the PDP presidential candidate, assured his supporters
and Nigerians that he will not let them down. He also announced Vice-President
Namadi Sambo as his running mate in the election, promising that the 2015
elections would hold in all the 36 states of the federation.
He observed that the convention of the PDP that brought him as the presidential candidate was held on Human Rights Day and reiterated that no Nigerian would go on exile for holding contrary views under his administration.
He observed that the convention of the PDP that brought him as the presidential candidate was held on Human Rights Day and reiterated that no Nigerian would go on exile for holding contrary views under his administration.
Meanwhile,
the president has suspended the inauguration of his presidential campaign
committee billed to hold at 2:00pm yesterday, following the death of his
younger sister, Mrs. Nancy Jonathan-Obei.
The
dignitaries, who had gone to the Legacy House, the president’s campaign
headquarters in Maitama, waited until 3:00pm for the arrival of the president,
only to be told that the inauguration had been suspended.
Special
Adviser to the president on Political Matters, Professor Rufai Alkali, who
announced the suspension of the inauguration, said in view of the death of the
president’s sister, the campaign organisation had decided to suspend the
inauguration.
He
said the inauguration had, accordingly, been shifted to this afternoon.
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That is good because he will realize that he is not marketable as he is being deceived by Obanikoro and co who has collected money from his loot to win Lagos for him
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