Ok...is this nomination contestable? If yes, then he would lose.

Jonathan was rejected by more than 52% of the electorates in March 28, 2015.

Really don't get why someone should be lauded for doing what is expected of him. Will u be rewarded when ur house rent is due, the landlord wants u out and u gently leave? This man didn't do any special thing. Rather, he saved his head. Even if he had refused to handover peacefully, it would have taken a few months for him to hand over forcefully. Only a fool will say he didn't wanna stay one to power. Nigga gave his all to staying there. D rigging in rivers(and deaths), Orubebe's drama, the hate campaigns, he would have been cooling his heels in ICC if he hadn't done what he did. Stop idolising him

GEJ all the way. This great Ijaw man stands tall with other greats like Mahatma Gandhi and he deserves this award.

Yes yes yes haters continue hating. GEJ my HERO, Fayose my role model, Okowa my mentor.

They way you craft post titles amazes me. For God's sake, he was only recommend and not nominated.

Any ways, I wish him what ever he deserves. #Award or #kirikiri hahaha. Na joke I dey o.

vimi:
Honestly I had to google that name Goodluck Jonathan just to find out he iis the Ex_president of Nigeria! where iis he? Bin a while o

Not funny, not smart, not witty. I wonder what your point is...

handie:
Really don't get why someone should be lauded for doing what is expected of him. Will u be rewarded when ur house rent is due, the landlord wants u out and u gently leave? This man didn't do any special thing.

The haters are here.

Clueless they called him



Hero he became!!! God bless President Goodluck Ebere Jonathan

He is qualified to be nominated. If the Nobel peace award was given to Mandela and De Klerk for the same reason, then Goodluck Jonathan should be considered.

It is a prize for PEACE, not for economic achievement.

opeiiwo:
Hate him or not. . . i will tell you that goodluck Jonathan is a real hero.. if the dude hd not step down.. Nigeria would have been in serious turmoil by now. . He really deseves the award

Stepped down or he lost an election.. I will support him been given an award but must be in kirikiri for messing up this country and by allowing corruption to reign under his watch... Who say s he is not corrupt too.. Just which Buhari didn't promised not to probe his govt..

yakubuomowumi:
A living legend ,I have no regrets supporting you it was the right thing to do, GEJ I love you, there are leaders, there are rulers, leadership style differs , I always knew you were a charismatic leader not an authoritarian ruler, long live GEJ.

if he gets the award that means stealing is now corruption and it's now normal in Africa to make use of criminals in ones cabinet and also an elected official wife can wield unconstitutional powers.

martyns303:
"My ambition is not worth the blood of any Nigerian" Dr. Goodluck Jonathan

The most selfless statement I have ever heard from a Nigerian politician in my 28yrs of existence.

Are u sure u are 28yrs.....coz ur relatives said u are 48 oh

biafransoul:
Just few days Nigerians are already missing this amiable man. Nigeria is presently on auto pilot with no visible sign of a real president in power. It's has been a week of deaths , Boko haram bombings, disappearance and reappearance of the Daura President, petrol tanker fires, queues at filling stations with petrol being sold above #120 per liter etc. Pls Gej, come back and rescue us in 2019 from this brainless ones. They lusted for power and you conceded and gave it to them and now they are confused on what to do with it. You know why? Coz they only know how to criticize and never how to rule or make things happen. Sorry for Nigeria

I have always noticed U each time a political issues are on dis platform. U rant as if u re a fool and am very sure u didn't graduate from a notable university rather all dz half baked ones.
Jonathan has conceded defeat then why use panadol for another man's headache... shooo, u donz gidigann ooooo

As a matter of fact, Jonathan deserves the laurel. He should be made global peace ambassador. For this one, I say well done Jonathan. A good man surrounded by bad people

Agwoden:
He deserve it. Most people typing nonsense on nairaland about him wouldn't have been able to do so if he didn't made that call.

^^^
You're right.

Thats nice. God bless GEJ

chibecanglobal:

http://leadership.ng/news/438861/jonathan-gets-nomination-for-nobel

I pray he gets it
He deserves it

INTROVERT:
Coughs....
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Handing over after loosing an election is a normal thing that should happen but the case is very different in Africa especially when the ruling party losses to opposition. Whether GEJ didn't have the courage, will or machinery to thwart the election/ handover is the unanswered question. I beleive he deserves to be nominated because it can only be left to the imagination the crisis that would have erupted had he not conceeded. He thwarted doomsday predictions on
God bless Nigeria
God bless GEJ
God bless President BUHARI

. Spot on. If IBB had handed over to MKO or Buhari had let our democracy be, to evolve and correct itself along the way, democracy in 9ja would have become a reference point for African democratic progress. Most Nigerians are oblivious of how GEJ thwarted a major threat to our corporate existence. Including prediction of break up this year.

Nawao, somebody lost collossally and conceded and people are clapping.
Methinks he conceded because he has no other option and not because he was a good man.

Jonathan has entered the good books of the global powers that be by the singular act of conceding loss to an opponent, a rare thing indeed in Nigeria and Africa. He is Goodluck, the 'power' of his name seems to be working for him.

I think he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for saving us all from wahala and bloodshed. It should be a lesson for others that there is honour in doing right in life!

olabukola:
I will petition the body to stop this nonsense. *Sigh*

at ur age u still behave funny. Why?

Mrokaykay:
Are u sure u are 28yrs.....coz ur relatives said u are 48 oh

Even better.

Chinom:
He is qualified to be nominated. If the Nobel peace award was given to Mandela and De Klerk for the same reason, then Goodluck Jonathan should be considered.

It is a prize for PEACE, not for economic achievement.

Most of the people reading this are morons
You think they know the difference?

The world is not blind. You lost an election. Why should we celebrate you for accepting the fact?

Let's see if the Nobel prize can be bought for him.

Whether haters like it or not,jonathan has written his name in the sands of time,he set a rare precedence in modern Africa,he put the intrest of fellow Nigerians first before his own,he gave democracy a chance to grow and he let Nigeria become a leading democratic nation across the sub-saharan. Assuming he did the bidding of his psuedo Godfather Obasanjo renewing his oil license,yielding to the 35 percent of Brass LNG and many more he would still have become the president,even when Amaechi payed people to sabotage the gas pipe line used to evacuate gas to power our generating plants, he still stood tall. Inspite of the ethno gang up he remained. God bless GEJ

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[size=18pt]Nomination and Selection of Peace Prize Laureates

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276 is the second highest number of candidates ever. The record, 278 candidates, was set in 2014.

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nationwide1:
Only one lesson here: When God is with a man, no one can bring him down.

The more people try to bring him down, the higher he rises.

so God was not with him when he lost election? U mean he has gone higher for mere nomination! Cough!!!

He deserves it. Congrats in advance

Jona again you will soon get free ticket to heaven even the angel will not question you or maybe you will be cought up in the air to visit baba God as Elijah did because of this I will Jonathanize my name and add Good luck to it

Rubbish.

What kind of SK do they smoke over there

He deserves it....100%