Goodluck Jonathan Quotes

President of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015

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Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan (born 20 November 1957) is a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He lost the 2015 presidential election to former military head of state General Muhammadu Buhari, and was the first incumbent president in Nigerian history to concede defeat in an election.

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Birth Name: Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan

Native Name: Goodluck Ebele Jonathan

Alternative Names: Goodluck E. Jonathan • G.E.J.

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I can tell you very clearly that violence will not break out because of my interests. I can tell you very clearly.

Good governance can neither be decreed as you will find in dictatorships nor legislated in a democratic set up alone. It can only be achieved by a people’s consensus around doing the right thing for the right purpose.

I believe that with what we left behind and with what the new government will also acquire we will be able to [bring] this war on terror to a reasonable conclusion.

I like to ask people: was it that there was 24-hour electricity and Jonathan came and switched it off and damaged the equipment? The answer is no. Power is an age-old problem in Nigeria and we have to understand that.