No Vacancy in Vice President Position: PDP Tells Nigerians

September 22nd, 2014

Contributor: Odiri Eboh
No Vacancy for the Vice President position. This is the information that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is quick to point out to Nigerians when rumours were making grounds that President Goodluck Jonathan was making plans to drop Arc. Namadi Sambo as his running mate for the 2015 General Elections and pick someone more progressive.
The party has decried attempts by some members of the opposition to suggest a rift between the President and the Vice President before next year’s general election that there has not been a better partnership than the one displayed by the two public leaders.
On Saturday at the PDP Zonal rally in Lagos State, the Party Chairman of Lagos State – Capt. Tunji Shelle re-echoed the fact that both men are having one of the best times collaborating together. He said there was a growing understanding exemplified by both leaders as the party approaches the elections next year.
The Party has expressed bold satisfaction with the amicable relationship between the Number 1 and Number 2 men in the country. A statement by the National Secretary of the PDP, Olisa Metuh today restated what he described as the overwhelming confidence and support that the Vice President has from both the President and from the National leadership of the party.
He stated that “there is no doubt whatsoever that the Vice President has implicit confidence of the President and that the PDP is therefore very pleased that they are working together in actualizing the transformation agenda to the popular acclaim of both Nigerians and the International Community.”
He said further that “we (PDP members) wish to place on record as well that the 66^th NEC meeting of our great party, which endorsed President Jonathan as the sole candidate of the PDP for the 2015 general elections, responsibly reasoned and anchored this decision on the outstanding performance of the Jonathan Presidency of which Vice President Sambo is an integral part of”.