Jonathan’s ambition to contest in the 2011 Presidential election, the Door-to-Door Project, on Friday challenged other contenders in the forthcoming poll to come up with better ideas on how to move Nigeria forward and stop hiding beneath the controversy arising from the Peoples Democratic Party zoning formula.
In an interview with SATURDAY PUNCH in Lagos, the group’s coordinator, Mr. Anthony Prest, said those insisting on the zoning formula as the criterion for electing a PDP presidential candidate for the April 9, 2011 election, should be concerned with how to leave a legacy of unity and development for future generations of Nigerians, instead of wasting time and resources on divisive regional politics.
He said, “Rather than conspire against President Jonathan, those who do not approve of his ambition should come up with new ideas that can convince us to vote for them. They should concentrate on how to make Nigeria more united and not dividing the country.”
Prest said that many of those advocating zoning in the PDP were silent when Gen. Ibrahim Babangida annulled the June 12, 1993 presidential election, believed to be the freest and fairest election conducted in the history of Nigeria, because it served their selfish interests.
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