- President Buhari Buhari has once again commended ex-President Goodluck Jonathan
- He hailed Jonathan for conceding defeat at the 2015 general elections
- The president also urged Nigerians to see elections as contests and should be done in a free, fair and peaceful environment
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, November 20, in Abuja hailed his predecessor, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, for voluntarily conceding defeat at the 2015 general elections, describing him as a true democrat.
Buhari poured the encomium at the launching of a book titled “My Transition Hours” by Jonathan amidst hundreds of guests from outside and across the country.
Represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, the president said Jonathan’s act of courage had made him a patriotic leader and earned popularity among Africans and other leaders, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
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“You are a leader of the past, of now and of the future; you will rise again; I wish you the best you wish yourself,” Buhari said.
He called on Nigerians to see elections as contests and should be done in a free, fair and peaceful environment.
He said Nigerians should eschew bitterness, bigotry, hate speech and “promote Nigeria for us and generation yet unborn.”
The president, however, condemned any act of inducement of voters and vote buying during elections in the country, adding that the act was contrary to democratic norms and therefore, wrong.
The event was graced by hundreds of prominent Nigerians, including former Heads of State Abdulsalam Abubakar, Yakubu Gowon, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and the PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar.
The APC national chairman Adams Oshiomhole, former Vice President Namadi Sambo, Senate President Bukola Saraki, ex-PDP governors and many members of the political class, traditional rulers and members of the diplomatic corps also graced the event.
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Meanwhile, governors from the southeast zone have agreed to hold a meeting with President Buhari in Abuja on Wednesday, November 21.
Issues such as the second Niger bridge, the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu and the non-representation of the region in Nigeria's security apparatus are top items in the agenda of the said meeting.
The director general of the south east governors forum, Professor Simon Ortuanya, revealed this to journalist in his briefing on Monday.
Ortuanya disclosed that the meeting came as result of the governors’ initial interaction on the pressing needs of the geopolitical zone which entailed the second Niger bridge.
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