2019: Jonathan Reassures On PDP Victory

Former President Goodluck Jonathan declared last Saturday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is ready to take over power at the center in 2019, noting that the party cannot be intimidated.
Jonathan, who spoke at the non-elective convention of the PDP in Abuja, said despite its recent momentous crisis, the party remains the largest party in Nigeria.
He further dispelled claims that the economy would have collapsed if the PDP remained in government beyond 2015, saying his administration had a sound economic team in place managing the economy.
The former president hailed the PDP for surviving its troubling moment adding that most ruling parties across Africa find it hard to make a rebound within a short time after losing elections.
Jonathan urged PDP members to beat their chest and be proud of themselves because they were able to come out of this within two years and are very ready for 2019.
According to him, “I believe in PDP. Even God believes in PDP. I was discussing with the national chairman that this is August 12 and there is no rain. I want us to celebrate PDP. Nobody should intimidate the PDP.
“We are ready to have more members of the House of Representatives. We are ready to have more Senators, we are ready to have more governors and we are ready to take over the presidency’’.
“Let me charge all of you to carry the message to your wards and communities. Tell them loud and clear that PDP is back and it will come so that there will be no poverty again.
“PDP should be proud of itself and come out. PDP is very ready for 2019. PDP is still the largest party in Nigeria. PDP is back to reclaim its prime position to lead Nigeria to its rightful position’’, he said.
He however noted that, while the party is not perfect, its accomplishments are there for all to see.
Speaking on the achievements of the party while in power, he noted that the 2011 and 2015 general elections were accepted globally because they met global standard.
He said “I learnt that some people said that if PDP had remained in power beyond 2015, the economy would have performed worse. This couldn’t have been the case, because we had a sound economic team in place managing the economy.