by Anike Jacobs

Bless his heart!

You think Goodluck Jonathan is honorable for easily conceding defeat to President-elect, Muhammadu 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 handing over 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.

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