GEJ's Speech 2day At His Farewell Service:'I'm Leaving As A Happy+Fulfilled Man' - Politics

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GEJ's Speech 2day At His Farewell Service:'I'm Leaving As A Happy+Fulfilled Man' by stephenduru(op): 4:18pm On May 10, 2015*

A special farewell and thanksgiving service was held today at Cathedral Church of Advent,Abuja in honour of President Jonathan and his wife Dame Patience.During the service held at the Anglican church,President Jonathan told the congrgation he is leaving as a fulfilled man.Read his full speech below...

“When I look at the whole picture
of my life up to when I became the president of this country, I say that if soldiers and police officers that have not received 0.5 percent of the benefits that I have received from the state can lay their lives for this country, I should do anything in the interest of Nigeria including paying the supreme price.

As long as live, I will continue to
do my best for the state because
the state has helped me as a person. I have to thank Nigerians especially my state for
giving me the opportunity to serve as deputy governor and the whole country gave me the opportunity to serve as Vice President and then president, first was to complete the tenure of the late president and later serve as president from which I am exiting now as a very happy and fulfilled man.

I believe there are reasons for
everything. Some hard decisions
have their own cost, no doubt
about that. That I have ran the
government this way that stabilized certain things, the
electoral process and other things that brought stability into this country. They were very costly decisions which I myself must be ready to pay for.Some people come to me and say
this or that person is he not your
friend that benefited. Is it not your government that this person benefited from? But this is what the person is saying. But I used to say worse statements will come. If you take certain decisions, you should know that those close to you will even abandon you at some point. And I tell them that more of my so-called friends will disappear.”

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