Great presidents are made great by horrible circumstances combined with character, temperament and intelligence. Like firemen, cops, doctors or soldiers, presidents need a crisis to shine.President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan took the oath of office on 29 May, 2011 amidst thunderous expectations of a new dawn, given the mountain of problems that characterized the nation.
Jonathan is one of the most intelligent presidents to ever step forward in Nigeria's history the second fully fit university graduate. The likes of his intellectual capabilities have not been surpassed in public life since the Founding Fathers put pen to paper. His personal character is also solid gold. Take heart, Nigeria: we have the leader for our times.

I say this as a Pan Africanist who believes totally in One Nigeria, former life-long siddon look Nigerian. I say this as a proud Nigerian . I speak as someone who knows it's time to forget tribal loyalty, party loyalty, ideology and pride and put the country first.
Jonathan is our last best chance. He's worth laying it all on the line for.


Where many leaders are two-faced; publicly kindly but privately feared and/or hated by people closest to them, Jonathan is consistent in the way he treats people, consistently kind and personally humble. He lives by the code that those who lead must serve. He believes that. He lives it. He lived it long before he was in the public eye.
Jonathan puts service ahead of ideology. He also knows that to succeed politically you need to be tough. He can be. He has been (Okerenkoko and Gbaramatu). This is a man who does what works, rather than scoring ideological points. In other words he is the quintessential non-ideological pragmatic Nigerian. He will (thank God!) disappoint ideologues and purists of the left and the right.
Jonathan has a reservoir of personal physical courage that is unmatched in our presidential history. Why unmatched? Because as the first monority contender for the presidency who has won, Jonathan, and all the rest of us, know that he is in great physical danger from the seemingly unlimited reserve of unhinged tribal hatred, and just plain unhinged ignorant hatred, that swirls in the bowels of our wounded and sinful country. By stepping forward to lead, Jonathan has literally put his life on the line for all of us in a way no other Nigerian ever has had to do. (And we all know how dangerous the presidency has been)


The greater point about Jonathan is that the midst of our worldwide financial meltdown, an expanding Boko Haram ,Niger Delta Militancy,Piracy,Kidnappings,Armed Robberies,Bribery and corruption etc, watching our educational levels decline to unbelievable levels of incompetence, facing a general loss of confidence in the government that has been exacerbated by the opposition doing all they can to undermine our government's capabilities and programs... President Jonathan has taken on the leadership of our country at a make or break time of historic proportions. He faces not one but dozens of crisis, each big enough to define any presidency in better times.
As luck, fate or divine grace would have it (depending on one's personal theology) Jonathan is blessedly, dare I say uniquely, well-suited to our dire circumstances. Jonathan is a person with hands-on experience, deep connections to top advisers from the renowned Universites in Nigeria being a former university lecturer , and a middle-class background that gives him an abiding knowledgeable empathy with the rest of us. As the son of poor parents, who has worked his way up with merit and brains, in three giant political steps to state office, national office and now the presidency, Jonathan clearly has the wit and drive to lead.


Jonathan is the sober voice of reason at a time of unreason. He is the fellow keeping his head while all around him are panicking. He is the healing presence at a time of national division and strife. He is also new enough to the political process so that he doesn't suffer from the terminally jaded cynicism, the seen-it-all-before syndrome afflicting most politicians in Nigeria. In that regard we Nigerians lucked out. It's as if having despaired of our political process we picked a name from the phone book to lead us and that person turned out to be a very man we needed.
Jonathan brings a healing and uplifting spiritual quality to our politics at the very time when our worst enemy is fear. Fearless Jonathan is the cure. He speaks a litany of hope rather than a litany of terror.


As we have watched Jonathan respond in a quiet reasoned manner to crisis after crisis, in both the way he has responded after being attacked and lied about , to his reasoned response to our multiplying national crises, what we see is the spirit of a trusted family doctor with a great bedside manner. Jonathan is perfectly suited to hold our hand and lead us through some very tough times. The word panic is not in the Jonathan dictionary.


Jonathan brings a moral clarity to his leadership reserved for those who have had to work for everything they've gotten and had to do twice as well as the person standing next to them because of the region they come from . His experience of succeeding in spite of his social background could have been embittering or one that fostered a spiritual rebirth of forgiveness and enlightenment. Jonathan radiates the calm inner peace of the spirit of forgiveness.


Speaking as a believing Nigerian I see the hand of a merciful God in Jonathans Presidency. The biblical metaphors abound. The stone the builder rejected is become the cornerstone... the last shall be first... he that would gain his life must first lose it... the meek shall inherit the earth...
For my secular friends I'll allow that we may have just been extraordinarily lucky! Either way Nigeria wins.


Only a brilliant man, with the spirit of a preacher and the humble heart of a kindly family doctor can lead us now. We are afraid, out of ideas, and worst of all out of hope. Jonathan is the cure. And we Nigerian's have it in us to rise to the occasion. We will. We're in one of the most frightening periods of Nigerian history. Our country has rarely faced more uncertainty. This is the time for greatness. We have a great leader. We must be a great people backing him, fighting for him, sacrificing for a cause greater than ourselves.


A hundred years from now Jonathan's portrait will be placed next to that of Obafemi Awolowo, Nnamdi Azikiwe,King Jaja Of Opobo,Ahmadu Bello and Nana Of Itsekiri etc. Long before that we'll be telling our children and grandchildren that we stepped out in faith and supported a man who stood up and led our country back from the brink of an abyss. We'll tell them about the power of love, faith and hope. We'll tell them about the power of creativity combined with humility and intellectual brilliance. We'll tell them that President Jonathan gave us the gift of regaining our faith in our country. We'll tell them that we all stood up and pitched in and won the day. We'll tell them that President Jonathan restored our standing in the world. We'll tell them that by the time he left office our schools were on the mend, our economy booming.

We'll tell them that because of President Jonathan's example and leadership the integrity of the family was restored, divorce rates went down, more fathers took responsibility for their children, and abortion rates fell dramatically as women, families and children were cared for through compassionate social programs that worked. We'll tell them about how the gap closed between the middle class and the super rich, how we won health care for all, how crime rates fell, how kidnappings, militancy and terrorism were brought to an honourable conclusion.
We'll tell them that we were part of the inexplicably blessed miracle that happened to our country those many years ago in 2011 when an Ijaw man was sent by God, fate or luck to save our country. We'll tell them that it's good to live in Nigeria where anything is possible.

http://nigeriasrenaissance.com/index.php/news/item/26913-the-most-dynamic-president-of-nigeria-ever-goodluck-ebele-jonathan?gclid=CMzjuqKvh7oCFU_HtAodCkUAVw

A hundred years from now Jonathan's portrait will be placed next to that of Obafemi Awolowo, Nnamdi Azikiwe,King Jaja Of Opobo,Ahmadu Bello and Nana Of Itsekiri etc.

This is f'u'c'k'ing hysterics. . . Comparing a dullard to Awo or even Zik is an insult to the memories of those men. What has Jonathan achieved since he became president to stand the accomplishment of a premier like Awo ? Education is at standstill as at date with ASUU on strike, ASUP has joined while NUT, NUPENG and NMA have also embarked on strike yet the Jonathan administration has not shown any political will to solve all these melodrama.

Electricity is thought to be improving in Nigeria and I wonder how that is possible when the country has not surpassed the 4000MW threshold since the days of Yardua even after Jonathan had been the president for over 3 years. Well, I don't know how the sufferings of Nigerians may have been exaggerated but what I do know is that the crap up here does not reflect the feelings of the ordinary Nigerians.

Jonathan has shown the world that he's incapable of ruling Nigeria and no amount of propaganda is going to change how and what every Nigerians save for few gullible minorities feel about him !

Crap as usual,whatelse is expected from laptop number 41.

~Bluetooth:




This is f'u'c'k'ing hysterics. . . Comparing a dullard to Awo or even Zik is an insult to the memories of those men. What has Jonathan achieved since he became president to stand the accomplishment of a premier like Awo ? Education is at standstill as at date with ASUU on strike, ASUP has joined while NUT, NUPENG and NMA have also embarked on strike yet the Jonathan administration has not shown any political will to solve all these melodrama.

Electricity is thought to be improving in Nigeria and I wonder how that is possible when the country has not surpassed the 4000MW threshold since the days of Yardua even after Jonathan had been the president for over 3 years. Well, I don't know how the sufferings of Nigerians may have been exaggerated but what I do know is that the crap up here does not reflect the feelings of the ordinary Nigerians.

Jonathan has shown the world that he's incapable of ruling Nigeria and no amount of propaganda is going to change how and what every Nigerians save for few gullible minorities feel about him !

I still don't know why your 'Bluetooth' is not getting the 'expected signal' all these years! You better start to hymn another tune because whether you like it or not, you are looking at your 'President till 2019'

I don't have time to read this cos I have something better to do

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Mr. Seun please create the button DISLIKE

Jonathan will be the best what?
If after 3yrs he has not been the best ever loved president of Nigeria, then he can not be.

Guys, if after 3yrs of toasting a babe and she did not fall in love with you, then you do not have a chance.

hillsate: Jonathan will be the best what?
If after 3yrs he has not been the best ever loved president of Nigeria, then he can not be.

Guys, if after 3yrs of toasting a babe and she did not fall in love with you, then you do not have a chance.

Are you sure you can read and reason well? If within 3 years a man you loved to hate, calling him derogatory names, facing security challenges up north can still pull himself together to achieve positive results then he is the BEST!

i tink late yardua is still greater while obj is d greatest,forget wat people are saying obj has done more for nija

I like my president.
I like Gej bcois he is the best.

It's Sardonic to call that man the best ever loved Pesident of Nigeria, when we know he's not the best, and the OP even made mention of ZIK and AWO, i'll tell you that it's not practically possible for a president who after 3 years of ruling doesn't have the LIKE of majority of the People to be ever loved again

The trend in Nigeria is that they don't love their president when they are in office. When GEJ time is done and we have the next president I bet you people will start saying how GEJ did well.

Nice article but i doubt if d person that wrote ds article is destine for greatness cos ds individual has look down on him/herself has a total failure. The writers belives that gej is far better than his families. Well for using the word "EVER" shows that the writer is 100% high on alomo bitters. How can he compare GEJ to Awo, Zik, Balewa, etc i think ds writer need total rethink b4 writing again .
This is an insult to millions of Nigerians and Unborn Nigerians.
Total Crap

bjprodint: i tink late yardua is still greater while obj is d greatest,forget wat people are saying obj has done more for nija

You must be a masochist

hammedkola: I don't have time to read this cos I have something better to do

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Mr. Seun please create the button DISLIKE

For his kind of "article" I suggest a DELETE button

What is dis nonsense??

Comparing Jonathan to zik and Awolowo?? What an insult!!

These Lapdogs rily have no shame..

I de suspect this tomapep guy , I think he's d owner of ipaidabribenaija.com cos dz nonsense topic of his is usually advertised by that site using adwords, smh 4 u OP coz u can sell ur family members for money, shege kowai.

True talk.
@critics;I'm not surprised a bit cos d last time i checked A KING IS NEVER RECOGNISED IN HIS HOME.
The likes of Ghana will envy Nigeria for our president.
God bless GEJ.

99/100:
True talk.
@critics;I'm not surprised a bit cos d last time i checked A KING IS NEVER RECOGNISED IN HIS HOME.
The likes of Ghana will envy Nigeria for our president.
God bless GEJ.

stop mentioning "ghana" on every thread.
What you do is to give those guys opportunity to cause chaos.

Certainly, President Jonathan will be the best president of Nigeria for a long time to come. Even haters know it in their hearts but they wont admit on NL because it is not politically convenient.

He would have to remove his BIG BLACK HAT

tomakint:

I still don't know why your 'Bluetooth' is not getting the 'expected signal' all these years! You better start to hymn another tune because whether you like it or not, you are looking at your 'President till 2019'

How? Are you going to force people to vote him. They are already beating up his supporters in Kaduna.

True or false? Story told in 2013 and now, we're a witness to a tyrant in Aso Rock. Respect to the OP AND BishopMagic

I cant speak for others

But as for me, I love Jonathan die!

GEJ my love!

ajebuter:
I cant speak for others

But as for me, I love Jonathan die!

GEJ my love!

You can say that again jare......