Nigerians Still Have Faith In PDP -Jonathan
BY SEGUN ADEBAYO, ABUJA – Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said that Nigerians still have faith in the Peoples Democratic Party, adding that the former ruling party remains the only hope for the country.
Speaking at the PDP Stakeholders meeting in Abuja, Jonathan called on members to sheathe their swords and work towards the victory of the party in future elections.
“We are proud to state that PDP had creditably managed the affairs of this country for 16 years. We are proud to state that PDP had creditably managed the affairs of this country for 16 years.
“There is no doubt that our party has in the last two years gone through some difficulties. However, in a democracy this is not strange in the life of a political party, especially after losing power to the opposition, like we did.
“At different times, I have also been making efforts to reunite, reconcile and re-energise to become stronger, before the next election. I will like to point out that every election cycle throws up a challenge as well as opportunities for a political party.
“A test to re-evaluate its performance, and an opportunity to reform its processes and programmes, towards rediscovering itself to become even more appealing to the electorate, in its next outing.
“This obviously is the area where we have excelled. The fact that we allowed this process to take place peacefully, and freely handed over.
“All over the world, political parties lose elections, not because they have entirely failed, but because, in most cases, the people who gave them power in the first place, have decided to hand it over to another party, in order to experience a different kind of leadership,” declared the former president.
