Jonathan after the service today
President Goodluck Jonathan has thanked Nigerians for giving him the “opportunity to serve” them for the past over five years.
Jonathan described himself as a lucky man, who was privileged to serve his fatherland, especially his state, Bayelsa.
The President was speaking on Sunday at the thanksgiving and valendatory service held in his honour and his wife, Patience, at the Cathedral Church of the Advent, Life Camp, Abuja.
Jonathan stated that he believes “there are reasons for everything”, adding that he ran the country in ways that “stabilised certain things”.
He specifically mentioned “the electoral process and other things” to clarify the areas he brought stability into in the country.
“There were very costly decisions which I myself must be ready to pay for. Some people come to me and say this or that person is he not your friend that benefited. Is it not your government that this person benefited from? But this is what the person is saying. But I used to say worse statements will come,” he told the congregation.
Furthermore, he said, “If you take certain decisions, you should know that those close to you will even abandon you at some point. And I tell them that more of my so-called friends will disappear.”
He declared that, “As long as live, I will continue to do my best for the state because the state has helped me as a person.”
An emotional Jonathan noted that, “I say that if soldiers and police officers that have not received 0.5 percent of the benefits that I have received from the state can lay their lives for this country, I should do anything in the interest of Nigeria including paying the supreme price.”
“I am exiting now as a very happy and fulfilled man,” he submitted.
Jonathan is due to handover power to the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, on May 29, 2015.
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