President Goodluck Jonathan has raised a strong campaign team that is expected to counter the massive campaign of calumny especially in the social media against his administration.
The task before Fani-Kayode and his team is to re-set the narrative that Jonathan is a weak leader who condones lawlessness and corruption and allowed insurgent groups to gain ascendancy.
Jonathan, obviously aware of the strong challenge befor him, has gone for old war horses to lead his charge against the APC propaganda machinery which has done so well in trying to rebrand their candidate Gen Muhammed Buhari.
Former Chairman of the PDP Ahmadu Ali will head the campaign team which Jonathan will inaugurate on Monday in Abuja, ahead of the February 14 election.
A release by the political adviser to the President, Rufai Alkali, on Thursday said the inauguration will take place at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential campaign office at Legacy House, in Maitama Abuja by 2 p.m.
Chairman of the Board of trustees of the PDP, Tony Anenih has been appointed the national campaign adviser, while a former National Chairman of the PDP, Ahmadu Ali, will serve as the Director-General of the campaign organisation.
A former minister, Tunde Adeniran, will serve as the deputy director general of the campaigns’ head office, while the duo of Special Duties Minister, Kabiru Turaki and ex Anambra governor, Peter Obi, will serve as Deputy Directors-General for north and south respectively.
A former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, is the Director of Media and Publicity, while former Information Minister, Jerry Gana, heads the campaign’s contact and mobilization unit.
Other members of the campaign team include former minister of information, Aliyu Umar, who will head the directorate of administration and logistics, while ex-Minister and Senator, Nenadi usman, will head the finance directorate.
Former Senator Nimi Amange will head the directorate of Planning, Research and Statistics, the directorate of security and intelligence will be headed by Emmanuel Imohe, and Youth Mobilisation by PDP’s National Youth leader, Abdullahi Maibasira.The release also showed that Nick Eze will head the directorate of Civil Society and Support groups, while Becky Igwe will head that of Women mobilization.
