The editorial board of Vanguard Nigeria has conferred on former President Goodluck Jonathan the 'Personality of the Year Award' on Thursday and said Nigerians were more deserving of the recognition than him.
The multi-award winning newspaper said it singled out Goodluck
Jonathan for the award because he made Nigeria join the league of
nations with civilised democratic behaviour.
Vanguard also hailed him for the peaceful conclusion of the 2015 presidential election. "For
the first time in the country’s history, the then incumbent President,
Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, readily conceded victory to his challenger,
General Muhammadu Buhari, an act that perplexed doomsayers at home and
abroad.
"President Goodluck Jonathan’s finest hour came on that evening
of March 30, 2015, when he called General Muhammadu Buhari and conceded
the most closely fought presidential election in our history.
"Between March 28th when the presidential election took place
and March 30th when ex-President Jonathan conceded, the entire nation
was like a tense time bomb waiting to explode. But that patriotic action
he took defused the tension and brought relief," the newspaper said.
Responding, Jonathan said: "I thank the editorial board of
Vanguard Newspaper for honoring me as their personality of the year
2016. I believe that the people of Nigeria are more deserving of this
honour than I am and thus dedicate it to my countrymen and women. May
God bless Nigeria. GEJ."
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