{"id":95452,"date":"2022-05-29T16:22:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T15:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=95452"},"modified":"2022-05-29T16:22:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T15:22:22","slug":"pdp-presidential-primary-elumelu-congratulates-atiku-urges-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/pdp-presidential-primary-elumelu-congratulates-atiku-urges-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"PDP Presidential Primary: Elumelu Congratulates Atiku, Urges Unity\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1734174287679877307\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu has congratulated former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on his election as the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 general elections.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a statement he issued in Abuja, Elumelu also commended all the other Presidential aspirants at the PDP National Convention for their courage, patriotism and remarkable spirit of sportsmanship which they displayed throughout the consultation period up to the National Convention.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said, &#8220;There is no gainsaying the fact that all our Presidential aspirants are eminently qualified and that their aspirations were driven by patriotism in line with the mission of the PDP to rescue our nation from the catastrophic misrule of the vicious, corrupt and incompetent All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;However, the delegates have spoken and resoundingly so in electing His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar as the Presidential standard bearer to lead our Party and indeed Nigerians to victory in the 2023 Presidential election.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The emergence of His Excellency Atiku Abubakar, with his excellent performance record and unmatched popularity across the nation, signals the beginning of PDP\u2019s historic journey back to power in 2023 to commence the process of reuniting, redirecting, rescuing and rebuilding our nation from the ashes of the misrule of the APC led government.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;It is not a coincidence that His Excellency Atiku Abubakar took the mantle as Presidential candidate at the break of May 29, 2022; a date which significantly points to May 29, 2023.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;What Nigerians expect from our Party at the moment is to put aside all personal and sectional interests, reinforce our unity and lead the charge to salvage our nation and return her to the path of unity, national cohesion and economic prosperity.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;I commend the National Working Committee, the PDP Governors\u2019 Forum, the Board of Trustees, the National Assembly Caucus, the Senator David Mark-led National Convention Organizing Committee (NCOC) and all other organs and structures of our Party across the federation for our collective efforts in ensuring the success of our National Convention despite the road blocks mounted by the APC.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;I urge us to remain united and focused as we march with Nigerians to victory in 2023.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. 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