There is no limit to the human capacity for learning and improvement. I am amazed at the transformation of out-going President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. The man had six weeks to reform and sell himself to Nigerian voters. Many of us doubted if the six week postponement of the 2015 General Elections in Nigeria would be enough for him to re-brand himself. Amazingly, the man succeeded beyond my wildest imagination.
1. GEJ put on his uniform as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of Nigeria and visited the war front. He looked Presidential, was confident and exuded charm and conviviality among his troops. This is what he would have done immediately the Chibok girls were abducted, if his advisers had allowed him.
2. Our soldiers routed and defeated the terrorists within six weeks, liberating many of our towns and LGAs that were under their occupation.
3. GEJ campaigned tirelessly and relentlessly in every nook and corner of the country, including Maiduguri which his mindless advisors never allowed him to visit in the past.
The fact is that if President Jonathan had done the things he did in six weeks during the entire period of six years when he occupied Aso Rock, Nigerian voters would have given him the mandate to continue for another four years in office.
But his greatest achievement, to my mind, is the statesmanship President Jonathan has displayed even in defeat at the polls. For the first time in Nigeria's history, an incumbent elected leader is conceding victory at the polls without recourse to courts and tribunals. He has saved the lives of many Nigerians, and history will certainly treat him with great respect as one of the founders of true democracy in this country.
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