Former President Goodluck
Jonathan has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to abuse power.
Jonathan said this in Ekiti state
while inaugurating some projects on Friday.
He commended Ayodele Fayose,
governor of the state, urging Nigerian leaders to make personal sacrifices in
the bid to strengthen the nation’s democracy and make the country great.
The former president said with
the performance of Fayose, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would win the
July 14 governorship election.
But he appealed to Buhari to
resist the pressure from “unpatriotic elements” who wish to subjugate democracy
to attain selfish ends.
“Since I came in I have been
going round the state with the Governor. I have seen the support the Governor
still has, I have seen the support the Peoples Democratic Party enjoys in the
state. I have
also seen the enthusiasm of our
people. I don’t believe anybody can defeat the PDP in Ekiti, if real election
is going to be conducted,” he said.
“I use this opportunity to call
on Mr. President because I was there before, and I know that when you are
there, there is so much pressure on you to use all the powers at your disposal
to subjugate democracy.
“Don’t do that because what you
go with, at the end of the day, is the good name you leave behind. If you use
your powers negatively, posterity will haunt you. I call on Mr. President to
use his power to strengthen democracy because all the great democracies we see
in the world today were built by people. People make sacrifices to make their
country great.”
Making a case for good
leadership, the former president said it has got to the stage where the
nation’s neighbours cite the country as a bad example.
Jonathan said he feels sad each
time people say negative things about Nigeria.
“A President of a neighbouring
country, Ghana, recently made two negative remarks about Nigeria. First, the
current Ghanaian President was addressing Ghanaians about the movement of
cattle within their shores and he said openly that Ghana is not like Nigeria
where cattle roam freely. That was quite uncomplimentary,” he said.
He added that recently the same
president was speaking in the United Kingdom when he made disparaging remarks
about Nigeria’s currency.
“If it has got to a level when
the Presidents of neighbouring countries will cite Nigeria as a negative
example, then we must know as leaders of this country that certain things are
not going well, and we must change the way we do things,” he said.
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