Former President Goodluck Jonathan and other leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party have endorsed a blueprint for the revival and rebuilding of the party in preparation for the 2019 elections.

A meeting to ratify the roadmap held on Monday at the Peoples Democratic Institute in Abuja where some party leaders, including Senator Ahmed Markafi and a former Minister of Environment, Mrs. Laurentia Mallam, discussed the restructuring plan which was designed by the steering committee of the ‘Restart PDP Project.’

The convener of the parley, Nwosu Butches, who addressed journalists shortly before the meeting went into a closed-door session, stated that the blueprint for the revival of the PDP had been circulated to all the party leaders, including the former president, adding that the plan was well received by the party leaders and other important stakeholders.

Butches explained that the party had learnt lessons from its past mistakes, noting that impunity and imposition of candidates were part of the things that derailed the PDP and made it lose the 2015 general election.

He expressed confidence that the party would rise again, adding that the PDP was ready to bring on board the virtues and values that made it rule Nigeria for 16 years.

He further stated that a national summit would soon be held to ratify the blueprint and its implementation.

Butches said, “The comprehensive blueprint was developed to revive the PDP and restore its glory. The PDP is like a stalled vehicle which we are trying to revive and we believe that with the support the blueprint has received from all the party leaders, including the national working committee members and stakeholders, the implementation of the roadmap will lead to the progress of the party.”

The blueprint listed the challenges facing the party to include intra-party crises, manipulation of party structures by state governors and lack of internal democracy, among others.

The plan also discussed strategies for online registration of members, removal of party officials, electronic authentication and voting at party primaries, funding, removal of waivers for returning members and the party constitution.

How the Mighty are Fallen! They better a get a way forward

PDP has very slim chances of coming back to power soon, 2019 will be a test case for them, by 2023, they'll realize a lot has changed in Nigerian politics and nobody really cares about that identity "PDP" anymore

In any case, we still need a strong opposition.

Good one! we need a strong PDP if not for anything to keep APC on it's toes