We Will Follow Jonathan To The End - PDP Governors

Akwa Ibom Governor, Gov. Godswill Akpabio yesterday revealed that his fellow PDP governors will remain loyal to President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration if he decides to go for a second term.

President Goodluck Jonathan. Credit: AP

The Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum was with the State House correspondents after the meeting of the forum members with Jonathan finished.

The governors conference with the Nations number one citizen coincided with Jonathan’s meeting with PDP caucus in the House of Representatives where they also decided to fully support Jonathan for second time in the absense of House Speaker, Tambuwal.

The meeting also had in attendance governors from Benue, Bayelsa, Enugu, Abia, Jigawa, Ebonyi, Delta, Kogi, Kebbi, Gombe, Bauchi, Katsina, and Sokoto represented by his deputy.
Akpabio said: “Members of the PDP Governor’s Forum were present when the NASS Caucus declared their support for the president.
“I do not want to pre-empt the action of PDP Governors, but I can attest to their loyalty and their commitment to the success of Mr President come 2015.’’

The meeting wasn’t only just for governors, National Working Committee Members also were in the meeting. NWC members where led by it’s national leader Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, who came to talk about the betterment of our internal democracy.



Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu said: “We meet with the president based on the fact that in the next few months, we shall be going into major primaries, so we want to deepen internal democracy.

“We want to strategise on how best we can hold primaries free from rancour and by implication also ensure that we bring out the best candidates. “Taking a cue from what had happened in Ekiti, if we are able to carry out proper internal democracy, then the main election will be less rancorous.
“At the end the party will sail through with a view to getting up two-thirds of the states of the federation as it was when we started in 1999.’’ He said the meeting also commended Jonathan for his strides in governance, particularly in the education sector.

“The Jonathan government has built over 150 Almajiri schools and he is trying to tackle the insecurity in the northern part of Nigeria using education. “He is the first Nigerian president to establish up to 10 federal universities at a go which is highly commendable.

“We equally commend his giant strides in the power sector and other areas. “We believe that our performance will still endear us to Nigerians and that is what we looking forward to.
“Politics is all about democracy dividends, not about propaganda, so those who want to do propaganda can do so,’’ he added.

This recent development comes after The house of Representatives gave the President a vote of confidence and pledged to support him in the next Presidential election if he decides to run.