Mbonu23 Campaign Committee Withdraws from The 2023 Primaries 

The Mbonu23 Campaign Committee wishes to announce to their teeming supporters, the withdrawal of its candidate, International Consultant and PDP presidential hopeful Okey Samuel Mbonu, from the 2023 Campaign Primaries.

The Campaign Committee stated three main reasons for the withdrawal of its Candidate, including:

1. The transactional nature of the Party Primaries, which by expecting Candidates to dole out massive amounts of direct cash to delegates, turns the exercise into a market for votes, instead of a race to showcase competence, and to elevate governance in Nigeria as Public Service.

2. The decision of the Party’s Zoning Committee to abandon the zoning formula in the Party’s Constitution; which was honoured as recently as in 2019; where the presidential ticket is supposed to rotate between the North and the South, and vice versa; per election circle.

3. The Committee also cited the Party’s very high application fee; which drew a wedge between the PDP and new-generation candidates, because of the astronomically high figure.

The Committee said that the quest for good governance, through good untainted candidates, who earn their livelihood via various legitimate pursuits outside of government, is defeated by the astronomically high figure.

Finally, Mbonu23 Committee called on the party to retrace its steps, and to revisit its own constitution, and internal conventions, in order to build a more formidable all-inclusive party.

The Committee pledged that Okey Samuel Mbonu will remain in the public arena, and work toward improving public service delivery in developing economies, such as Nigeria and other African countries.

On a personal note, Presidential Hopeful Okey Samuel Mbonu wishes Nigerians luck in confronting the massive problems in the country now; including insecurity, joblessness, strife, and a massive economic recession based on current deficit-financing of the national budget.