You think Goodluck Jonathan is honorable for that victory call he
gave president elect Buhari after the March 28 election, well this story
will make you love him more.
During a meeting with the new ambassadors of France, Senegal and
Ethiopia today, Jonathan, who will be handling over the president title
to Buhari in a few weeks, stated that he was concerned about allowing
his personal ambition scuttle a democratic system he helped nurtured,
with the likely consequence of a “collective tragedy”.
Read his words below:
“Democracy has to be nurtured to grow. Strong democratic
institutions are the backbone and future of our democracy. They must be
protected and nurtured. As for me, as a matter of principle, it is
always the nation first,
You need to have a nation before you can have an ambition. It
should always be the nation first. You don’t have to scuttle national
progress for personal ambition.
Since I assumed duty, I have been involved in quelling political
crisis in some African countries and I know what they passed through
and what some are still going through. If you scuttle a system for
personal ambition, it becomes a collective tragedy,’’ President Jonathan
explained.