President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday
appealed to all the Peoples Democratic
Party aspirants who are aggrieved as a
result of the outcome of its primaries across
the country not to leave the party.
He said the party leadership was working
hard to resolve the conflicts thrown up by
the primaries in many states.
Jonathan spoke at the PDP Fund Raising
Dinner, held at the old Banquet Hall of the
Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Many state chapters of the party are
currently enmeshed in controversy over
alleged cases of imposition of candidates,
either by state governors or the national
headquarters of the PDP.
The situation has led to many party
stalwarts leaving the party or threatening to
leave.
Among those who have left to join the
opposition All Progressives Congress were
Jonathan’s former Minister of State,
Industry, Trade and Investment, Samuel
Ortom, after he failed to clinch the party’s
governorship ticket in Benue State.
Jonathan, however, said it was better for
aggrieved party members to remain in the
system to correct whatever they felt was
wrong in the party than jumping ship.
Although he said conscious efforts were
being made to resolve the post-primaries
crisis in some states, the President admitted
that all the cases might not be resolved to
the satisfaction of all the parties concerned.
He, however, said the party would be guided
by the issues raised when preparing for the
primaries of the 2019 elections.
He said, “We all appreciate that throughout
the congresses where primaries were
conducted, there have been some
outstanding issues. The party is working to
resolve these issues. Definitely, in such a
situation, all may not be resolved to the
satisfaction of everybody.
“But my plea to party members is to remain
committed to the party; stay with the party.
“I know other parties are wooing some of
you to contest elections on their platforms,
but if you believe in democracy then you
will contribute to strengthening it.
“The only way you can strengthen
democracy is for you to stay in your party.
“If there are some issues you feel are not
too correct, it behoves on us to stay
together and correct them. That is the only
way we can grow democracy.
“If out of anger or frustration, you leave the
party because you didn’t get what you
wanted, then you are not contributing to
the growth of democracy.”
The President said the major task before the
ruling party was to ensure that the country
remain united.
While thanking those who donated the over
N21bn realised at the dinner, he said the
money was needed to build a formidable
party.
He observed that if parties were tied around
individuals, there would be dictatorial
tendencies in such parties.
He promised that the money realised would
be judiciously utilised, like his
administration had done with the different
funds raised earlier.
Describing his administration as business-
friendly, he promised donors of more
policies that would promote enterprise and
industry.
But some of the aggrieved chieftains of the
party including a former national chairman
of the party, Senator Barnabas Gemade, a
former governor of Oyo State, Adebayo
Alao-Akala, who recently left the party, said
they could only return to the PDP if the
problems that led to their defection were
tackled objectively.
Gemade, who left the PDP to protest what
he said was a primary skewed in favour of
the incumbent Benue State Governor,
Gabriel Suswam, told one of our
correspondents in a telephone interview
that nobody had appealed to him.
Asked if he would yield to President
Jonathan’s appeal not to leave the party, he
said, “Nobody has made any appeal to me. I
won’t be able to make comment on
something that has not happened.”

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Sir let them go, they will surely come back wn they see that all that glitter is nt gold... GEJ till 2019!!!

Jonathan was simply never built to be a leader. If he isn't begging, he is asking for prayers or using brute force to drive home his agenda!!

Hardly ever persuasive.

omenka:
Jonathan was simply never built to be a leader. If he isn't begging, he is asking for prayers or using brute force to drive home his agenda!!

Hardly ever persuasive.

How can a leader be begging people to remain in his corruption infested party and government Hmm na waoh ooh.

omenka:
Jonathan was simply never built to be a leader. If he isn't begging, he is asking for prayers or using brute force to drive home his agenda!!

Hardly ever persuasive.

I guess you can say the same for your JagaBandit Asiwaju who was begging Obasanjo to be their navigator =>

'Be APC navigator’

In his remarks, Tinubu begged Obasanjo to be the navigator for the APC.
“You have come out of tribulation and held the highest position in this country. We are here because of your courage and salient points. Nobody can say he has information more than you,”the APC leader said.

“You have surmounted a number of crises. Nigeria is divided more than before. To realise a stable Nigeria, we want to encourage you to continue to speak the truth. We have resolved and determined to rescue Nigeria. We want you to be our navigator” .

- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/apc-mobilises-jonathan-visits-obasanjo/#sthash.9t0Dm2LN.dpuf

temitemi1:
Sir let them go, they will surely come back wn they see that all that glitter is gold... GEJ till 2019!!!

Seems you copy this quote from Patient Jonathan dictionary.