President Jonathan urges PDP Presidential campaign team to concentrate on singing their praises based on their achievements.

During the inauguration of the PDP Presidential Campaign Committee in Abuja yesterday January 6th. He urged the campaign team to buttress the achievements they have had over the years they have been ruling. He also said the party is committed to a free and fair election.

 
Jonathan says “Our creditable performance in the past four years should be our strongest selling point, as we go to the campaign fields. Flaunt our achievements in all parts of the country; tell the story of what we have achieved and let the facts and the figures be heard in every nook and cranny of Nigeria.

In doing this, you must be civil, decorous and law-abiding. I have repeatedly promised Nigerians and the international community that as much as it lies within our powers, the coming general elections will be free, fair, credible and violence-free. I made that pledge with all seriousness and I fully intend to fulfill it.


As agents of the ruling party, all eyes will be on you during the campaigns and elections. I therefore, expect nothing, but the highest standards of exemplary conduct from you as your worthy contribution to the fulfilment of our pledge of peaceful and successful elections.


Some other politicians and campaigners are threatening fire and brimstone. Do not join them. Some other parties are pulling down other people’s posters. That is primitive. Please, do not join them.  Every Nigerian must be free to campaign anywhere. Thugery, violence and malpractice or rigging must have no place in our campaign and electoral activities. Do not join those who threaten to start fires and turn them into infernos in our country.


 We must place our hope for victory in nothing else but the support and confidence of the great majority of our people, and the blessing of Almighty God. We will ensure that the people’s votes.

Without doubt, the forthcoming elections mark a critical point in our nation’s history. The eyes of the international community are focused on the transition that lies ahead of us; the fifth post-military rule general elections that will be conducted under a civilian dispensation in Nigeria. The world is asking: will Nigeria get it right? My categorical response to that is: Yes, we must. And surely, we will. It is your duty to ensure that through your campaigns, and activities, this primary objective is not lost. 

Our commitment to free, fair, credible, and violence-free elections remains unshaken. That should also be your own commitment as we go to the field to seek the people’s mandate once again.”