President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday
said he is struggling to build his house in his
Otuoke village, Bayelsa State.
He said he might give out the house before
he dies if he found out that his children are
not ready to live in the village.
Jonathan spoke in Lagos at a fund-raiser for
St. Stephens Anglican Deanery and Youth
Development Centre, Otuoke.
He said, "We are all mortal beings, we are all
biological specimen so we will all die but
when we die, what will we be remembered for,
what will we leave behind?
"I use to tell people that even the house I am
struggling to build in the village, these days
in this global age, how am I sure that my
children will even stay in my root. They want
to go to West Indies, they want to go to Latin
America.
"So, I was even joking with people that if I
look at the behaviour of my children and if I
don't see any of them that will patronise the
village, I will donate my house before I die."
The President urged wealthy Nigerians to
make meaningful contributions to the
development of poor communities in the
country in order to better the lives of the
youth and empower them to make useful
contributions towards national development.
He said the project for the St. Stephens
Anglican Deanery and Youth Development
Centre was dear to him because he wanted
to make sure that the younger generation
passed through a better system of education
different from the one he experienced while
growing up.
"I feel the only thing I can do is to make sure
that from nursery school to primary and
secondary school, there should be a standard
educational facility and youth programme, so
that it gives opportunity for the younger ones
to grow. Even if we die in the next 100
years, people will remember that those
before them have something for them," he
said.
Present at the occasion were Chairman of
Visafone, Jim Ovia; Chairman Capital oil,
Chief Ifeanyi Uba; Chairman of A-Z Oil, Chika
Okafor, Chairman Arik Air, Joseph Arumemi-
Ikhide, Oba Otudeko and Tony Elumelu.
Also present were Deputy Governor of Central
Bank of Nigeria, Tunde Lemo, ministers,
senators, members of the House of
Representatives and prominent indigenes of
Otuoke.



NL, is this a. new trick to make us believe he now has a shoe and its only house that is left

Badluck Jonathan will be remembered for institutionalizing corruption in Nigeria when he finally embraces the cold fists of death. Period!

The President urged wealthy Nigerians to make meaningful contributions to the
development of poor communities in the
country in order to better the lives of the
youth and empower them to make useful
contributions towards national development.

This statement makes me laugh. What meaningful contribution did he make to the poor communities of Bayelsa while he was governor. He really needs to stop speaking in public.