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President Goodluck Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has described the Peoples Democratic Party as more democratic than other political parties in Nigeria.

Apparently referring to the opposition All Progressives Congress, Jonathan said the PDP was more democratic because it would not cancel ward congresses across the states without considering the wish of its members.

The President spoke at the South-East PDP rally held in Enugu, on Friday. The rally was tagged Unity Rally.

He said the party was not like another party, where a local government chairman can cancel a ward congress for no justifiable reason and without the peoples opinion.

Jonathan said the PDP is the only political platform in Nigeria where the voice of the people could count and decisions were taken based on the majority and popular vote.

We are not like one party in this country where one man or a group of people determine how the party is run, said the President.

He said, The national chairman of the PDP or any of its governors cant cancel a ward congress of the party just like that and with impunity. I, as the President, dont even have the powers to do so, but it is happening in a political party in this country.

According to him, he does not see anything progressive about some of the opposition political parties.

He said, One party tags itself as progressives but where are they progressing to. It is only in such progressive party that you find an ex-governor determining who gets what and how. Is that what you mean by progressives?

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