I’m Not Desperate To Remain In Office – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan explained on Friday why he has remained unperturbed in spite of the negative things said or written against him, saying “I’m not desperate to remain in office as president.”
He counseled politicians vying and scrambling for elective positions both at the federal and state level not to be desperate if they have the things needed for the contest, which are readiness and willingness.
The president who stated this at a public launch of a book written by Rev. Fr. Charles Imokhai, titled ‘The People’s Choice: The story of President Goodluck Jonathan’ at the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja also said most accounts of the story of his that had been published are not accurately correct.
More than N177 million was donated by both individual and corporate donors at the launch of the book which chronicles the life of the President in four-part, including his educational background, family life and political career.
Noting that he was not desperate to remain in office, Jonathan said, “My second message is to all of us, especially those of us who are politicians, that for all of us who want to serve, we should be ready to serve but we should not be desperate to serve our people.
“Sometimes, people ask me that Mr. President, from what we read and what we see, we see you still smiling and unruffled. Yes, nothing will really ruffle me because I am willing and ready to serve but I am not desperate to serve. That is what keeps me going.
“All of us who want to hold offices from the least, a counselor of a ward or a chairman of a council, a member of the state House of Assembly or member of House of Representatives, Senate, Governor or the President, if all of us are always ready and willing to serve our people but we are not desperate in that our mission, then of course Nigeria will be a better place for all of us”.
Noting that that most accounts of his life published so far are not accurate, the president described the story of his life as a humble one
He said even though the book being launched yesterday provided an account that seems to be close to being accurate, he himself would write and publish the most accurate book after leaving office.
Jonathan assured that he would continue to initiate programmes that will help young people as long as he remains the President, adding that beneficiaries of his administration’s YouWin Programme will shock the country in the next 10 to 15 years.
Boasting that a product of the Almijiri schools being established by his government would one day become the President of the country, he said this explains why he had been passionate about education as could be seen in his decision to increase the number of federal universities across the country.
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