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I‘ll Not Contest 2015 Election – Jonathan by profola2be(m): 10:19pm On Dec 04, 2014
I don't just know why African leaders always fail to keep to their.
January 31st, 2011 was like yesterday when president Jonathan said he won't contest in 2015, but here we are today, the music has changed.
do our leaders Reall worth their words?

I‘ll not contest 2015 election – Jonathan
on february 01, 2011 at 1:41 am in news
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BY DANIEL IDONOR
ANKARA, TURKEY — President Goodluck Jonathan,
yesterday, said he has no ambition to stay in office
beyond 2015, assuring Nigerians in Diaspora that
while he will not contest the 2015 election, he will
ensure that this year’s election is free and fair.
The President promised that if voted in for the next
four years, he would ensure significant
improvement in key sectors of the economy —
security, power, education, road, health amongst
others.
“Without security, there is no government. So it is
not debatable, it is something we have to
addressed and we are working towards that with
vigour. But if I’m voted into power within the next
four years, the issue of power will become a thing
of the past. Four years is enough for anyone in
power to make significant improvement and if I
can’t improve on power within this period, it then
means I cannot do anything even if I am there for
the next four years.”
Jonathan said this while interacting with Nigerians
mainly diplomats working in the United Nations
Economic Commission for Africa, UNECA, and the
African Union, AU, in Addis-Ababa.
While fielding questions from those present at the
interactive session on whether Nigerians abroad
will vote, Jonathan said: “I would have loved that
the Nigerians in Diaspora vote this year but to be
frank with you, that is going to be difficult now.
Presently, the law does not allow the voting outside
Nigeria and so this year Nigerians in Diaspora will
not vote but I will work towards it by 2015 even
though I will not be running for election.”
On the issue of security, Jonathan said the
government was doing everything possible to arrest
the situation. He disclosed that all those involved
in the October 1 bombing had been arrested and
were being prosecuted. He, however, said he
ordered the release of the car dealers because they
were just businessmen who could not have known
that the vehicles were to be used for such heinous
crime.
On education, the President said, the nine new
approved universities were to be specialised and to
be headed by at least three Nigerians experts in
Diaspora.
On the concerns raised of having a database of
Nigerian experts in Diaspora, President Jonathan
assured that he was working on creating a forum
for interaction between them and government and
also develop a database, where experts needed to
address the various challenges of the economy will
be drawn. He hinted that this was why the
Diaspora Commission was being set up as the bill
was already before the National Assembly.
The President also disclosed that the government
is looking towards reviewing the country’s foreign
policy to ensure that Nigeria gets maximum benefit
from its roles and contributions to international
organizations like the AU, UN and ECOWAS.
He lamented that right now Nigeria’s contributions
were not being recognized adding that “there is
need for Nigeria to have something in return for
our investments. We are investing so much but it is
not being noticed and there is need to reverse that
trend.
On the concerns about road network and
transportation in the country, President Jonathan
assured that the railway system will be revamp
because presently heavy duty vehicles were
destroying the roads. “Why we cannot have
continuous road maintenance for now because no
contractor wants to go into it because of the
continuous pressure on the road by heavy duty
vehicles. That is why we are working to ensure that
we revamp the rail”.
The President also assured that Nigerians working
in international organization and institutions would
be issued diplomatic passports. He directed the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Odein Ajumogobia to
submit the list of those qualified within the shortest
possible time to him.
On the 35 per cent affirmative action
implementation and the domestication of protocols
signed, he assured that he will present before the
National Assembly within the shortest possible
time

source:
www.vanguardngr.com/2011/02/i-ll-not-contest-2015-election-jonathan/
Re: I‘ll Not Contest 2015 Election – Jonathan by Nobody: 10:31pm On Dec 04, 2014
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Re: I‘ll Not Contest 2015 Election – Jonathan by dapizy02(m): 10:51pm On Dec 04, 2014
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Re: I‘ll Not Contest 2015 Election – Jonathan by motherlode: 11:34pm On Dec 04, 2014
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