campaign gets underway, President Goodluck
Jonathan’s effort to return to office in 2015 has
gotten a major boost as businessmen,
multinational organisations, interest groups and
individuals on Saturday donated about N21.27bn
to his campaign organization.
The donations were made at the Peoples
Democratic Party Fundraising Dinner held at the
old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The donation was kick-started by the Chairman of
the occasion, Mr. Tunde Ayeni, when he
announced N2bn as his own contribution to the
Jonathan’s dream.
He further cleared that the sum contained N1bn
donated by him and his partner, and another
N1bn contributed by their friends whose names
he did not mention.
Heavy weights in the Oil and Gas sector
announced a donation of N5bn; those in Real
Estate and Building donated N4bn; Transport and
Aviation, N1bn; Food and Agriculture, N500m;
Power, N500m; Construction, N310m; Road
Construction, N250m; National Automative
Association, N450m; and Shelter Development
Limited, N250m.
Prof. Jerry Gana, the Chairman of the fundraiser
committee, also announced the donation of N5bn
by his friends and associates.
Relatively, the PDP Governors Forum announced
a total donation of N1.05 billion, as announced by
the Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda. He said
each 21 of them would donate N50m each.
The SIFAX Group announced N100m donation,
just as PDP stakeholders in Rivers State supported
Jonathan’s bid with N50m.
A total of N15 Million was donated by the 15
states on the board of the Niger Delta
Development Commission donated.
Private individuals were not left out as they also
donated generously.
Meanwhile, in a remark, President Goodluck
Jonathan, described the day a special one, while
also thanking the donors for their generosity. He
assured them that the funds would be utilized
appropriately.
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