There is palpable excitement among PDP automatic delegates to the PDP  Presidential primaries in the South-west following President Goodluck Jonathan’s invitation to the PDP delegates of the zone for a meeting in Ibadan on Sunday.

This is the fourth meeting  in three weeks that the President would be having  with South-west delegates ahead of the PDP primaries.

According to a source, the delegates’ excitement stems from assurances that they may each cart away $10,000  as “transport allowance.”

“Although we are not enamoured of his candidacy, we will all be at the meeting so that we can benefit from the promised largesse,” an Oyo state delegate privy  to arrangements for the meeting said.

The Jonathan/Sambo campaign had empowered Ministers following the resolution of a caucus meeting to secure the much-needed delegate count that will guarantee it the PDP presidential ticket.

A PDP caucus meeting last week had resolved that Ministers be empowered as a counter force to State Governors whose support for Jonathan’s bid can no longer be assured.

In line with this decision, a minister from the South West  met with PDP delegates from  Ondo State at the end of which he splashed N500,000 on each of four delegates.

In Borno State, however, all did not go well with another minister from the North East   whose  N500,000 “transport money” offer to the state delegates was declined in a clear rebuff.