An investigative report carried out by The Nation
newspaper suggest that all is not well in the camp of President Goodluck
Jonathan barely two weeks to the general elections.
The report says things are not adding up for the president and his party the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in his re-election bid as leaders are pulling in different directions, according to presidency and party sources.
The situation is said to be so bad that the President’s campaign has split into five with the president himself taking his destiny in his own hand by personally visiting various traditional rulers, opinion moulders, youth and women leaders with a view to bouncing back.
Complaints and field reports reaching the president from various states convinced him that that his campaign team was not effective.
According to the report,there are four other main groups working for the president’s re-election. They are: the PDP Governors’ Forum; the PDP initiative; and the strategic team being driven by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim/ ministers/ Chief E.K. Clark/ and other support groups.
The report says things are not adding up for the president and his party the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in his re-election bid as leaders are pulling in different directions, according to presidency and party sources.
The situation is said to be so bad that the President’s campaign has split into five with the president himself taking his destiny in his own hand by personally visiting various traditional rulers, opinion moulders, youth and women leaders with a view to bouncing back.
Complaints and field reports reaching the president from various states convinced him that that his campaign team was not effective.
According to the report,there are four other main groups working for the president’s re-election. They are: the PDP Governors’ Forum; the PDP initiative; and the strategic team being driven by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim/ ministers/ Chief E.K. Clark/ and other support groups.
A party source familiar with the situation said:
“The struggle for personal benefits has overshadowed the target of
winning the election. Virtually everyone wants to make money from the
campaign as if there will be no tomorrow or as if we are going to lose
at the poll.
“The president saw the gaps and decided to personally drive his own campaign. If the president tells you his experience in the last three weeks that he has been shuttling about, you will appreciate that he would have lost the February 14 election woefully” .
Last week Thursday, the Deputy Director-General of the PDP Campaign Organisation, Professor Tunde Adeniran, accused the PDP of doing little to promote the president’s candidacy.
“If we continue to show this man has not done anything, others will capitalise on it. The party is not showing enough in this regard. The president’s achievement is undersold and in some cases not sold at all. In some places they ask, so Jonathan has done so?” he said.
Within the last three weeks, the president has visited the Southwest, which he sees as the zone that is capable of swinging the election in his favour thrice.
On his first visit, the president met with Obas, youths, market women and other interest groups. He also visited churches for prayers.
On his second visit, he went to Oyo town to see the Alaafin, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, and Ile-Ife on the third visit where some Obas were gathered to pray for him.
He returned to the zone on Thursday to seek the support of the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, who told him that he should not expect any Oba to campaign for him.
“The president saw the gaps and decided to personally drive his own campaign. If the president tells you his experience in the last three weeks that he has been shuttling about, you will appreciate that he would have lost the February 14 election woefully” .
Last week Thursday, the Deputy Director-General of the PDP Campaign Organisation, Professor Tunde Adeniran, accused the PDP of doing little to promote the president’s candidacy.
“If we continue to show this man has not done anything, others will capitalise on it. The party is not showing enough in this regard. The president’s achievement is undersold and in some cases not sold at all. In some places they ask, so Jonathan has done so?” he said.
Within the last three weeks, the president has visited the Southwest, which he sees as the zone that is capable of swinging the election in his favour thrice.
On his first visit, the president met with Obas, youths, market women and other interest groups. He also visited churches for prayers.
On his second visit, he went to Oyo town to see the Alaafin, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, and Ile-Ife on the third visit where some Obas were gathered to pray for him.
He returned to the zone on Thursday to seek the support of the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, who told him that he should not expect any Oba to campaign for him.
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