TELL Magazine

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday declared that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which lost the presidential election in the last exercise, will bounce back.
The President, however, said that this will be realized if members of the PDP remain committed to the vision of its founding fathers and work very hard. The President made the declaration in Abuja after receiving the report of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organization at the Presidential Villa. 

Speaking further, President Jonathan said that the party already had all that it will require to win the 2019 elections, but needs to return to the drawing board in order to “re-strategize for the future”.

“What happened was like a slip. You don’t need to travel to America to know how power moves from Republicans to the Democrats and from the Democrats to the Republicans”, Jonathan said. He added, “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”.    

In his remarks, Senator Ahmadu Ali, the Director General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organization, 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, ” he said.