President Goodluck Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday said he
had received a total of N100.5m donations and pledges from persons, groups and
communities who offered to assist him to pay for the Peoples Democratic Party’s
presidential nomination fee.
The PDP’s Presidential Nomination Fee is N20m and
its Expression of Interest Form is N2m, making a total of N22m.
Jonathan said he would pick the nomination form
on Thursday (today).
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media
and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, the President thanked all Nigerians who he said
had been urging him to seek re-election based on his administration’s
achievement in the last four years.
The statement read in part, “President Goodluck
Ebele Jonathan will tomorrow, Thursday, October 30 pick up the PDP nomination
form for the 2015 Presidential elections.
“President Jonathan thanks all Nigerians, members
of the PDP, friends, associates, and all groups who in sincere appreciation of
the achievements of the administration in the last four years, have been urging
him to seek a second term in office.
“President Jonathan is greatly encouraged by the
overwhelming outpouring of goodwill and support, as well as the confidence of
the generality of Nigerians in his ability to continue to transform the country
for the good of its entire people.
“The President is also grateful to all the
persons, groups and communities who have sent donations, and made pledges to
assist him to pay the required N22m for the PDP Presidential Nomination Fee and
Expression of Interest Form.”
Abati said 36 groups and communities donated to
the buy-form-for-Jonathan fund.
According to the breakdown of the donations and
pledges received by the President, the highest donors are the PDP Governors’
Forum and the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria that donated N22m each.
Jonathan assured the donors that he would
continue to do his best to justify the confidence they reposed in his
leadership.http://www.punchng.com/news/jonathan-receives-n100-5m-donations-to-buy-pdp-form/
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