BEFORE GOODLUCK JONATHAN LEAVES:
Today, I want to tell you a brief story of a man
who was born on the 20TH November, 1957 to
the family of a canoe maker.
Through times and difficulties, he rose from a
humble background to humble cynics who believed that the child without shoes can never
materialise into anything worth celebrating.
From that humble background; He had his
dream. A dream that saw him in classrooms at
The University of Port Harcourt doing Zoology,
Hydrobiology, Fisheries even as a student and as a Lecturer.
In 1998, when the door of democracy was
opened to a generation of Nigerians, He was
seen in 1999 taking the Oath of office of a
Deputy Governor.
In 2005, December 9th to be precise, just 24 hours before a Sosoliso plane came down in Port
Harcourt, He was seen taking the Oath of the
Governor of Bayelsa state.
On the 29th May, 2007, he was also seen taking
Oath of the Vice President of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria at Eagle Square Abuja. A doctrine of necessity by a Senate, saw him on
the 9th of Feb., 2011 taking an Oath as an
Acting President.
Right from the inception of democracy in 1999
to date, He had been seen seven times at
different occasions where he re-echoed words of oaths from THE SEVENTH SCHEDULE of our
binding document (constitution).
He has served us, and we shall forever remain
grateful.
As a Vice President, he was seen at a mediation
table where militancy gave way for amnesty. He has contributed his own quota to Nation
building.
His rise from grass to grace has not come
without some short comings.
Nigerians believe he was weak and not prepared
for the job. Yes he may not have prepared, because he never struggled for anything... the
only election he struggled to win, he lost.
His voice may have been weak when terror
reigned on our land, corruption and nepotism
strive to offend our collective sensibilities.
Yes, He may have been weak, but in the face of numerous shortcomings, I still see strength in
him.
His voice may have been weak at Nyanya
Bridge, but His voice was strong enough to
inspire a national on one common front to flush
ebola off our shores. His voice may be weak at Alakyo, but not that
weak when he was seen with a golden trophy,
when he inspired a Nation that nothing was
impossible after a team triumphed in South
Africa.
His voice may be weak at EFCC, but not that weak when He stormed a venue in Lagos where
a black box and fellow Nigerians fell off our sky.
His voice may be weak at Chibok, but the voices
of his households was not weak when a voice
echoed from a kitchen; " their is God ooh! their
is God ooh!!. He showed us he was weak, but demonstrated
strength when he told us;
" ...though I am willing, but not desperate to
lead, my ambition is not worth the blood of any
Nigerian."
When he said this, we never took him serious. He inspired us on a mountain top when he did
the unimaginable through a phone call.
This phone call of his, saved a Nation and
shamed her adversaries who were waiting to
benefit from our blood.
He made a phone call to concede defeat, he showed us the way forward.
He took us to a shrine, when he proved to us
that truly, personal interest can be sacrifice at
the altar of National interests.
He showed us the pathway that leads to the
temple where elections can truly be a free and fair affair and not "a do or die affair".
He saw what those men and women who invest
in terrorism on our land couldn't see.
His weakness may not have stopped the
fountains of blood on our land, but his
strengths have strengthened the fountain of peace, faith,
hope and national pride in our hearts.
In few days from now, we shall bide him
goodbye , before He leaves, join me celebrate
DR GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN.
Courtesy of Dim chukwuemeka Uzoigwe 'Emitex4u

I like and respect him alot!