₦airaland Forum

Immediate past President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has stated that he has no reason to look down on anybody, except he is taller than the person.

According to Jonathan, God created everyone equal and as such, everyone deserved to be treated equal, not minding his religion and ethnicity.

Speaking at the just concluded Southern Christian Leadership Conference, in Atlanta, the Otuoke-born politician said he was committed to using his foundation to spread the gospel of peace across the nation.


His full address below.

“I thank the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, for inviting and honoring me today, and especially so, as this invitation comes right about the period when the world stands still in recognition of the selfless sacrifice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

When we think of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), it is virtually impossible to separate this worthy body from its founder, the late great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, or from epoch making landmark events of the American Civil Rights movement.

I am pleased to know that the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is not just one of the great American institutions, it is also one of her more potent vehicles for the advancement of liberty and freedom for all God’s people. For that, I also commend Charles Steele for his leadership and commitment to peace and justice nationally and globally.

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s principles of non violent protests played a great part in the independence movement in my native country Nigeria and indeed throughout Africa as a whole.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr witnessed the British Union Jack being lowered in Ghana in 1957 when Ghana became the first Sub-Saharan African nation to gain independence, an action which set off a positive chain reaction all over the continent.

In 1963, Ambassador Leslie O. Harriman, Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, who prosecuted our anti apartheid strategy at the UN, testified of the support he received from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr in kick starting that noble effort.

Suffice to say that the efforts of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr in advancing Liberty and equal rights transcended national boundaries.

Speaking for my foundation, the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation, I must say that I have been inspired by this great man and the worthy institutions and legacies he left behind and I am further inspired to continuing doing good and advancing human freedoms just by being present here today.

My personal takeaway from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, is service to God and the brotherhood and equality of all men before their Creator.

In keeping with that, I have learnt not to look up to any man, except he is taller than I, or to look down on a fellow mortal, except I am admiring his shoes.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously said: “Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love”.

Those words helped me deliver on my stated promise to deepen democracy in Nigeria and in the process demonstrate through action that nobody’s political ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian.

Once again, I thank the Southern Christian Leadership Conference for having me. May God bless you and continue to raise up from among you men and women who will continue in the footsteps of your worthy forebears.”

http://dailypost.ng/2016/01/15/i-have-learnt-not-to-look-up-to-any-man-except-he-is-taller-than-me-jonathan/

GEJ was a lot of things but he was not a dictator

Nobody will come out to say he or she looks down on people.
Anyway it doesn't change the fact that you still have to explain your role in the Dasuki case.

lolaxavier:
Nobody will come out to say he or she looks down on people.
Anyway it doesn't change the fact that you still have to explain your role in the Dasuki case.

can you force him to explain ?

True talk sir. Twale.

zendy:
GEJ was a lot of things but he was not a dictator

You must be a fvcking asshole. Must a thief be a dictator? Are Bode George, Allison Madueke, Stella Odua, Olisa Metuh & Ngozi Okonjo Iweala dictators?

@Ebele Jonathan - But you can look down on our Treasury by aiding Sambo Dasuki & Allison Madueke - Oponu!

I think i support him on this

Orjioorji:
can you force him to explain ?

Guy, dem no dey force anybody to explain... e get as my guys for efcc dey take do am. As dem carry Metuh, d guy no shut up?
Just sit, watch and relax.

zendy:
GEJ was a lot of things but he was not a dictator

So it is now permissible to be a thief as long as you are not a dictator, isn't that what you are saying?
I shake my yansch for u.

In fact, by the time efcc finishes with Jonathan, nothing will be left of him.

A real and true Democrat

A great man promoting the good image of naija

Why do alcoholics always like forming humble

The father of peaceful election. ''My political ambition isnt bigger than the lives of Nigerians''

Why did he loot the treasury ?
That's the question for him

kolnel:
Why did he loot the treasury ?
That's the question for him

Let him keep deceiving himself...

Yes. Your sins will be forgiven. And you will make Heaven IJN AMEN.