FILE: 17 highs and lows of Jonathan’s presidency
Someone said if you want to talk about Jonathan’s presidency, there would be a combination of bad and good. Well for anyone who holds political office, there must be a combination of bad and good.
Those were the words of outgoing president, Goodluck Jonathan, at a farewell reception organised for him on Wednesday by Daar Communications, owners of Raypower FM and the African Independent Television (AIT).
In less than 24 hours, the curtain would be drawn on the administration of the academic-turned-politician who steered the ship of the nation for five years after serving in strategic positions for more than a decade.
In pictures and brief text, TheCable examines select highs and lows of Jonathan’s five-year reign.
ACTING PRESIDENCY
On November 23, 2009, then president, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua travelled abroad for medical treatment without empowering his deputy to act in his place. For months, he was absent from duty. After weeks of protests organised by the Save Nigeria Group (SNG), the national assembly adopted the doctrine of necessity, which empowered Jonathan to become acting president on February 9, 2010.
Thank God for what President Goodluck E.Jonathan was able to achieve. I pray divine support for President Buhari and his team to build on what has been done so far. God bless President Jonathan, his family and lineage. God bless Nigeria.
My humble prayer for Jonathan and wife is that the peace they give Nigeria,the blood of Nigerians they protected and confusion people would have ran into they blocked,May the good God bless them and their generation to come with His Peace that passes human understanding,protect them from maner of confusion and blood shed from their family.
Their Christian has proved right upon the battle they suffered for good four years yet this family could show the world that forgiveness is Christians way of life and that is what you can find from Eastern Nigeria.God bless Nigeria.
Almost good
@oramadike, u wrote well but u spoilt it with some iotas of tribal and religious sentiment.
Try and avoid that in ur comments.