2015: Jonathan picks PDP Nomination forms, Assures Nigerians

President Jonathan displaying Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms at the People’s Democratic Party’s Secretariat in Abuja


President Goodluck Jonathan Wednessday stormed the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to collect his expression of interest and nominations to enable him contest the February, 2015 Presidential election.

He came in person to picked up his nomination form in a bid to contest on the PDP platform for the Presidency of Nigeria in 2015.
It was earlier revealed on Wednesday that a total of N98.75 million had been contributed by supporters toward obtaining the form.

President Jonathan who promised to work with all Nigerians to move the country from its present level to where Nigeria should be, however boasted that he would have still picked the form if the party had refused him right of first refusal and did not give him the forms.

The President thanked Nigerians and the leaders of the Party for “believing in me and giving me the right of first refusal”. With this Jonathan becomes the sole and consensus candidate of the PDP, Nigeria’s most dominant political force.

Speaking at the party’s National Executive Committee, NEC hall shortly after he received the two forms from the National Organizing Secretary, Alhaji Abubakar Mustapha, the elated President said, “First let me thank God for today, and thank Nigerians that were here today for this brief ceremony. Let me thank the leadership of our party and all member of our party for believing in me and for giving me the right of first refusal.

“I could have still picked the form if they did not give me. But giving the me the right of first refusal has attracted more people that ordinarily it would have had.

The election campaign season is already proving to be quite an expensive affair, and one of real consequence for the two politicians in a national atmosphere of mounting economic, security and international crises.