PDP Has a Bright Future – BOT Secretary

Contrary to speculations that with the massive loss of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last General Election, the party will die a natural death, Secretary of the party’s Board of Trustees, (BOT), Mallam Walid Jibrin has said the party still has a bright future.
The PDP lost the presidency and quite a number of the states to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in the just concluded elections making political observers to conclude the imminent death of the party.
Besides, with the loss of the party at the centre and in many states, a lot of the party’s bigwigs have been decamping to the opposition APC, a development that further heightened the fear that the party would soon collapse like a pack of cards.
But speaking with newsmen in Nasarawa, Jibrin, expressed optimism that the party will soon bounce back, urging chieftains not to dump the party.
His words: “I want to tell you and the whole world that the various PDP governments since the inception of the party, had done a lot in fighting poverty, hunger, unemployment and youth restiveness as well as empowering women.
“Also promoting peace and boosting the socio-economic development of the country.
“ Besides, President Jonathan had transformed the education, agriculture, economic, health, judicial, commercial sectors, the electoral system, among others.
“His transformation agenda had touched and improved the lives of every Nigerians positively. Nigerians have seen what the PDP government had done in terms of establishing and equipping secondary and tertiary education, creating job opportunities, provision of infrastructural facilities, tackling insecurity and , prompt payment of workers’ salaries, among others.
“In spite of the defeat our great party, PDP, suffered during the March 28 Presidential and National Assembly elections, losing the presidential seat to APC, PDP will not and will never die. It will continue to exist and we will win all positions in future elections”, he stressed.
He had this to say about President Goodluck Jonathan, who conceded defeat to PAC candidate, Muhammadu Buhari in the March 28 presidential election:
“For President Jonathan to accept defeat when he lost his second term presidential ambition to the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accorded him great respect from all Nigerians and even from the international community.
“This shows that President Jonathan is a true democrat who has the interest of Nigerians at heart and we will continue to pray for him and other newly elected leaders, to enable them to succeed.”