general elections, President Goodluck
Jonathan has reiterated that he is not
desperate to remain in office as Nigeria’s no 1
citizen.
The president counseled politicians vying and
scrambling for elective positions both at the
federal and state level not to be desperate.
According to Leadership, Jonathan stated this
at a public launch of a book written by Rev.
Fr. Charles Imokhai, titled ‘The People’s
Choice: The story of President Goodluck
Jonathan’ at the old Banquet Hall of the
Presidential Villa, Abuja.
More than N177 million was donated by both
individual and corporate donors at the launch
of the book which chronicles the life of the
President in four-part, including his educational
background, family life and political career.
Jonathan said, “My second message is to all
of us, especially those of us who are
politicians, that for all of us who want to
serve, we should be ready to serve but we
should not be desperate to serve our people.
“Sometimes, people ask me that Mr. President,
from what we read and what we see, we see
you still smiling and unruffled. Yes, nothing will
really ruffle me because I am willing and ready
to serve but I am not desperate to serve. That
is what keeps me going.
“All of us who want to hold offices from the
least, a counselor of a ward or a chairman of a
council, a member of the state House of
Assembly or member of House of
Representatives, Senate, Governor or the
President, if all of us are always ready and
willing to serve our people but we are not
desperate in that our mission, then of course
Nigeria will be a better place for all of us”.
The president however, noted that that most
accounts of his life published so far are not
accurate, saying he himself would write and
publish the most accurate book after leaving
office.
Jonathan assured that he would continue to
initiate programmes that will help young
people as long as he remains the President,
adding that beneficiaries of his
administration’s YouWin Programme will shock
the country in the next 10 to 15 years.
In a related development, the Methodist
Church Nigeria, Diocese of Egba-Yewa, Ogun
state, has called on the federal government,
the Independent National Electoral Commission
and other stakeholders to ensure that the May
29 handover date remains untouchable.
Meanwhile, the National Chairman of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu
Mu’azu has stated that the party would
reclaim the five states it lost in 2013 after
governors of the states defected to the
opposition the All Progressives Congress
(APC).
