President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday said although
he was ready and willing to continue to serve as the
President of the country, he was not desperate to
continue in office.
He said that was the reason why he had remained
unruffled despite the various things that had been said
or written about him.
Jonathan spoke at the public launch of a book, “The
People’s Choice: The story of President Goodluck
Jonathan written” by Rev. Fr. Charles Imokhai.
Over N175m was donated by individuals and groups at
the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja
venue of the launch of the four-part book which
chronicles the life of the President, including his
educational background, political career and family,
among others.
Jonathan advised politicians who are interested in
occupying any elective position either at state or
federal level not to be desperate.
He said the only things needed were readiness and
willingness.
The President 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 are 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
counsellor 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
mission of ours, then of course Nigeria will be a better
place for all of us.” Jonathan, who described the story
of his life as a humble one, noted that most accounts
of his life so far published were not accurate.
He said while the book being presented provided an
account that is close to being accurate, he would write
the most accurate one after leaving office.
A former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.),
who acted as the chairman of the book launch, said he
stood in for Ambassador Yusuff Maitama Sule, who he
said had to travel back to Kano to attend to his ailing
wife.
He used the opportunity to clear the air on the
agreement he reached with the former Biafran leader,
Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, that was
popularly known as the Aburi Accord.
Gowon explained that Odumegwu-Ojukwu made a
statement that was contrary to what they discussed at
the venue of the accord.
He said the late Biafran leader was able to accomplish
that task because he (Gowon) was down with fever
when Odumegwu-Ojukwu returned to make the
statement.
“I have seen that you (the author) have gone back in
history in your research when Ojukwu and myself had
the Aburi Accord.
“I was fascinated by that because I can assure you
that that meeting was to break the ice and for all of us
to allow the military leaders at the time to be able and
to agree to be discussing our problems in Nigeria and
to solve them.
“What happened to us at Aburi was that I couldn’t
make it down because I was unfortunately down with
a fever.
“Ojukwu got back and made a statement and that
wasn’t what we discussed and that was the beginning
of the misunderstanding, not because we agreed to
work with Ojukwu.
“Since you presented that we had a meeting I thought
I should make that comment and to correct that,” he
said.


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Oga Jona, if you are clueless, I am not so don't tell me rubbish

After the election,APC will die a natural death.

So the survival of the party rest on electoral victory.

That why they will naturally be desperate!

He left the majority of Nigerians with no option than to support a 72 year old, now he his jittery cos the same electorate that sent him to Aso Villa want him out. If only he did well, this would have been a repeat of 2011.

Really liked the dude but after the Amanpour interview I couldn't help but agree that Nigeria was entrusted in the hands of a clueless leader.

Shame on PDP and Goodluck if a 72 year old is adjudged widely as the solution.