While speaking at The Leadership award ceremony in Abuja on
Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari, once again stated that his
predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, contributed to the success of the 2015
general election.
Earlier today, one of Nigeria's leading newspaper, The Leadership, honoured the president with the 'Leadership Person of Year' award alongside Goodluck Jonathan, and former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega.
Speaking after he was honoured, President said;
“I am most delighted to be part of this occasion organised by
the Leadership Newspapers Group to honour Nigerians who have excelled in
their chosen fields of endeavour.
“Let me hasten to congratulate my joint award winners, my
predecessor, His Excellency, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR and
Professor Attahiru Jega, the former Chairman of the Independent
National Electoral Commission, as ‘Leadership Person of the Year.’
“The events of 2015, which the Leadership newspaper has chosen
to bring to the fore today, marked a watershed in the political history
of our country.
“Those of us who were participating actors in the elections
were led by the higher ideal of the future of our great country and the
well-being of our people rather than the mere desire of politicians to
win elections.
"It is therefore our commitment to this ideal, the patriotic
zeal of President Jonathan, the impartiality of the electoral umpire,
INEC, and exemplary conduct of the political parties, foreign pressure
and other actors that we collectively disappointed the prophets of doom
who had predicted the disintegration of the country after the 2015
general election.”
According to TheCable News, the president said further that
Nigeria's democracy had been strengthened by the outcome of the 2015
election “as our people now have more faith in the electoral system
in the sense that their votes would count when choosing political
leaders at various levels.”
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