President Goodluck Jonathan to run for the Presidency…

via AllAfrica

Abuja — President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday told PDP state governors he will run for president in next year’s elections and will make a public announcement to that effect on September 18, ending months of speculation as to whether he will seek the ruling party’s nomination.

The president made the announcement at a two-hour meeting behind closed doors with governors of the People’s Democratic Party, held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, shortly after the release of the 2011 elections timetable by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Jonathan met the governors soon after an earlier meeting with PDP national chairman Okwesilieze Nwodo, as part his consultations ahead of the polls.

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