Thursday, September 1, 2022
Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has warned Nigerians in opposition to letting down their guard, permitting the nation to spiral into fascism.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s APC regime has been accused of nepotism and its safety forces of wanton violations of human rights.
“The duty earlier than all of us is to not decrease our guard, lest the democracy we cherish at this time succumbs to threats and recedes into fascism tomorrow. In direction of this aim, we’re once more confronted with a great alternative of selecting our leaders because the nation prepares to go to the polls subsequent yr,” Mr Jonathan stated at a dinner to rejoice Catholic bishop Matthew Kukah’s seventieth birthday.
He added, “Allow us to select these that may take us to the specified vacation spot and the promised land.”
Mr Jonathan described Mr Kukah as a priest who craved peace and oneness in Nigeria and would go to any size to make sure unity and justice.
He said the theme ‘Nigeria’s unfinished greatness: Subsequent steps’, for the birthday anniversary was becoming, noting that “Nigeria is certainly a work-in-progress.”
The previous president added, “Till that work is completed, folks like Bishop Kukah, who God has positioned because the conscience of the nation, will proceed to be round to continuously maintain the mirror of our development to our nationwide face.”
Mr Jonathan added, “Judging from the place we’re coming from since independence in 1960, we might have been shifting slowly in our journey of nationhood, however it’s a journey of progress, all the identical. Our greatness continues to be work-in-progress as a result of we’ve not been in a position to adequately deploy the enviable human and pure sources that God gave us to full benefit.”
He famous that this “is a activity we’ll proceed to work on and enhance upon.”
The ex-president additional identified that many Nigerians, particularly youths, have been changing into more and more disillusioned with Nigeria’s politics and its democracy.
“We should stay on the democratic path, nevertheless, as a result of it’s the solely sensible method of successfully managing our variety, growing sustainably and recording progress as a nation,” Mr Jonathan pressured.
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