President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday
said he and Vice President Namadi
Sambo are packing out of the
Presidential Villa on Friday.
He spoke when the Universal Peace
Federation, UPF, honoured him with
the award of “Peace Loving Global
Citizen” for his decision to accept the
result of the 2015 Presidential poll
and congratulating Gen. Muhammadu
Buhari as the winner of the election.
The President urged the incoming
administration to accept the
contribution of all Nigerians to the
progress and development of the
country.
“We have a country, the country will
be more united, I believe and only
pray that the incoming government
should appreciate the contributions of
everybody and see how we run
Nigeria as a country that belongs to
everybody and all citizens, irrespective
of political persuasion,” Jonathan said.
While commending the group for the
honour, Jonathan said Sambo also
deserved the honour, saying accepting
defeat in the election also affected
him.
Jonathan explained that he took the
decision to accept the result of the
election because there must be a
nation first before any ambition.
“I use to say that even if I will be
President for the next 25 years, I will
not be a happy person if many people
die because of me. One thing is to
hold office, another thing is to be able
to satisfy your conscience,” he added.
He stated that when he leaves office,
the remaining part of his life would be
dedicated to issues that would bring
unity and peace to the country.
Speaking earlier, leader of the group,
Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN,
saidJonathanhasattracted global
recognition considering
hisdecisiontoacceptdefeat.
He noted that Nigeria is now
respected in the comity of nations not
only because of Jonathan’s
achievements but because of his
decision to accept the result of the
election.

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