Remove Campaign Materials Nationwide - President Jonathan

With the 2015 elections done and dusted in most parts of the country, President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday, April 23, ordered the Peoples Democratic Party President Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO) to return the country to its pre-elections state.

In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, the president directed the PDPPCO and other bodies that campaigned for his re-election to start removing the posters, billboards, banners, signs and other campaign materials they erected nationwide.

According to President Jonathan, with the elections over in many parts across the country, it was appropriate that steps be taken to restore the environment in Nigerian cities, towns and villages to their pre-elections campaign state.

Jonathan urged Nigerians to put the recent political campaigns behind them and join hands with the incoming administration in working for a more united, peaceful, stable and progressive nation.

The statement read, “With the 2015 presidential elections now concluded and the country preparing for the inauguration of a new administration on May 29, President Goodluck Jonathan believes that it is appropriate that steps be taken to restore the environment in Nigerian cities, towns and villages to their pre-elections campaign state.

“Accordingly, President Jonathan directs that the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation and the various associations that coalesced into the Jonathan/Sambo Support Group immediately begin the process of removing the posters, billboards, banners, signs and other campaign materials in support of his re-election bid which still adorn the landscape in major cities across the country.

“The President thanks all individuals and organisations who made sincere contributions and worked with immense dedication for the Jonathan/ Sambo Campaign.

“He applauds his supporters and other Nigerians for the disciplined, patriotic and democratic manner in which they comported themselves before, during and after the elections.

“Now that the elections are over except for re-runs in a few states, President Jonathan urges Nigerians to put the recent political campaigns behind them and join hands with the incoming administration in working for a more united, peaceful, stable and progressive nation.”

Meanwhile, the Federal Government on Wednesday changed its mind on the earlier plan for President Goodluck Jonathan to formally hand-over power to the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari on May 28 as against the May 29 Democracy Day.