With just few weeks to his exit from power,
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said
he is now ready to play the patriotic role
expected of him in Nigeria and at the
international level.
The President said he will do his best for the
country by joining the likes of former Head of
State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon and former Head of
Interim National Government (ING), Ernest
Shonekan, in their patriotic service to the
nation after their lives in office as heads of
government.
Jonathan spoke during the 5th Presidential
Prayer Breakfast in the Banquet Hall of the
State House, Abuja.
The President also harped on the need for
sacrifices at various levels of governance in
order to turn around the fortune of Nigeria.
He said: “I have to thank Nigerians for the
support for me within this period, I will
continue to do my best as I’m gradually joining
Gowon and Shonekan to serve our country in
different capacity.”
“And I must commend Gowon, Shonekan and
some of our other leaders, for the eight years I
have been as vice president and president,
whenever we called upon them, wherever they
are in this world, they will try to come. I have
seen that they are extremely patriotic and they
believe in this country.”
He noted that if all Nigerian leaders could show
that level of commitment and patriotism,
Nigeria will get to the promised land.
Stressing that leadership is not all about giving
directives, Jonathan said that a successful
leader must be ready to make sacrifice.
He said: “Everything about human life as an
individual, a child, if you don’t make the
required sacrifice you can’t go to where you
want to go.
“If you don’t sacrifice your pleasure of course
you will know where you’ll end. As parents we
know the kind of sacrifice we make for our
children to go to school, to feed.
“To build a family you need sacrifice. So for
those who have the privileges of leading at
local, state and national levels, at all times we
should be ready to make sacrifice for our
nation to grow.”
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