Fulani herdsmen donate N98.1m For Jonathan’s Form.

‘Fulani Herdsmen, Others Donate
N98.1m For Jonathan’s Form’


By George Agba.



President Goodluck Jonathan will today
pick the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
nomination form for the 2015 presidential
election.
This is even as he has realised of
N98.165million as donations made to
him by both corporate and individual
donors to enable him pay the required
N22 million for the PDP presidential
nomination fee and expression of
interest form.
While Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, the
national body of Fulani herdsmen,
donated the sum of N5million, with other
groups like National Association of
Widows donating hundreds of thousands
of naira, the PDP Governors’ Forum and
the Transformation Ambassadors of
Nigeria (TAN) donated the highest
amount of N22million each.
Special adviser to the president on
media and publicity, Dr Reuben Abati,
who stated this while briefing State
House correspondents, said the
president thanked all Nigerians, including
members of the PDP, his friends,
associates, and all other groups who out
of appreciation of the achievements of
his administration in the last four years,
had been urging him to seek a second
term in office.
Abati said, “The president is also
grateful to all the persons, groups and
communities that have sent donations
and made pledges to assist him to pay
the required N22million for the PDP
Presidential Nomination Fee and
Expression of Interest Form”.
Noting that Jonathan acknowledged and
accepted with immense gratitude, the
token of those who donated, Abati gave
the list of donors and the amount they
donated as follows: Mr Kennedy Ikenna
Odoeme N5, 000, Mr Ezemagu Sunday
Nnamdi N10, 000, PDP Governors –
N22million, Transformation Ambassadors
of Nigeria (TAN) – N22million, Ogbia
LGA Stakeholders, Bayelsa State –
N5million and Otuoke Community
Stakeholders – N2million.
Others include Brass LGA Stakeholders,
Bayelsa State – N50, 000, Bayelsa State
PDP Stakeholders- N5million, Northern
Youths Forum – N2million, Central
Market Traders Union, Kaduna State –
N1million, among others.