promised to deliver 100 per cent votes to
ensure the re-election of President
Goodluck Jonathan in next month’s
general elections.
They made the pledge at the end of their
closed door meeting with Senate
President David Mark and all the PDP
governorship candidates in the zone.
The governors also pledged to recapture
Nasarawa and Kwara, currently under the
All Progressives Congress (APC)
leadership.
Gov. Jonah Jang of Plateau State told
newsmen that PDP was formed in the
North-Central, adding that the zone would
continue to be the pillar for the party.
Cue in audio (Jonah Jang)
“PDP was formed in the North Central
zone, and therefore, North-Central Zone
will continue to be PDP.
“By the Grace of the Almighty God, we are
delivering all the six states in the North
Central plus the FCT to President
Jonathan.
“We will win all the governorship positions
and all the other positions in the North-
Central by the grace of God.”
Cue out audio (Jang)
On his part, Gov. Gabriel Suswam of
Benue said the meeting was aimed at re-
strategising towards achieving 100 per
cent votes for President Jonathan and to
ensure victory for all the PDP candidates
in the zone.
Cue in audio (Gabriel Suswam)
“North Central zone is the pillar of the
Presidential election, we want to meet
and strategise as to how we can make
sure that the President comes back on
Feb. 14.
“We have done that, we will be meeting
from time to time to review and reassess
ourselves before the elections
“We are very confident that North-Central
will deliver 100 per cent to President
Goodluck Jonathan.”
Cue out audio (Suswam)
Gov. Aliyu Babangida of Niger said that
the meeting was held essentially to devise
stategy on how to recapture Nasarawa
and Kwara states.
He said that stakeholders of the party
would continue to meet periodically until
the North-Central was completely
delivered to the PDP in next month’s
elections.
Cue in audio (Babangida Aliyu)
“North central has always been the main
foundation of PDP and we want to make
sure that the 2015 elections also is
reflected in that way.
“We want to recapture our two states of
Nassarawa and Kwara and ensure that
the other four states are delivered to the
PDP.
“Essentially that is what we have
discussed here and then the cooperation
that is needed to do that.
“We have been the pillar since 1999 to
date, the pillar of the PDP and we need to
meet and that is why we are meeting to
make sure that we harmonise all our
positions.”
Cue out audio (Aliyu)
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that the meeting was attended by
ministers, legislators, PDP governorship
candidates from Niger, Nasarawa, Kwara,
Benue and Plateau states as well as their
respective running mates. (NAN)
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