President
Goodluck
Jonathan is set to
be appointed as a global crises envoy by
the United Nations (UN ), sources said
on Monday , April 27, 2015 .
Jonathan will hand over power to the
newly elected president , Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari , on May 29, 2015 .
He would be the first African former
head of state to hold such responsibility
and would oversee UN affairs on the
African continent.
The role is similar to that of former
British Prime Minister , Tony Blair , who
was appointed the Middle East envoy for
the United Nations after leaving office .
Jonathan, who is 57 , holds a B .Sc . in
Zoology , an M .Sc. in Hydrobiology and
Fisheries and a Ph .D in Zoology , all
from the University of Port Harcourt.
It would be recalled that prior to
Jonathan’ s role as President of Nigeria,
he served as the governor of Bayelsa
State from 2005 to 2007 and as Vice
President of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010 .
Meanwhile, a former Kogi State
Governor , Abubakar Audu , has
said Jonathan deserves the prestigious
Nobel Peace prize for his historic phone
call to the president-elect , Muhammadu
Buhari , in which he conceded defeat in
the recently held presidential elections.
In another development , President
Jonathan on Monday, April 27 , 2015
commissioned the new Christian
Association of Nigerian ’s (CAN ) Jubilee
Resort and Leadership Centre in Abuja.
The centre, which is within the premises
of the National Christian Centre , Abuja,
provides rooms, accommodation and
halls for conferences to the public at a
fee . source http:///
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