Goodluck Jonathan Finally Speaks About His 2019 Presidential Ambition, What He Said Shocked Many Nigerians

As former president Goodluck Jonathan celebrates his birthday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday, November 20, called him an icon and added that Nigerians earnestly yearned for his return to government. Goodluck Jonathan who is 59 today, November 20, was defeated by Nigeria’s current president Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the 2015 election described as one of the most tension-soaked in the country.

In a statement to celebrate him, the PDP, through its chairman, Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, said:  
“At 59, your legacies and achievements in academia, politics, governance and social life remains indelible and worthy of emulation by well-meaning people. Ever since he stepped down from power, there have always been discussions around if, he will be contesting for the presidential seat again, come 2019. However, we might as well bury such hopes and thoughts. While celebrating his birthday at his residence in Abuja, today, the former president had Femi Fani-Kayode, Timi Dakolo, Deji Adeyanju, Jonathan’s cousin Robert Azibaola, among others present. As many kept on praising him, Goodluck Jonathan said: “For a nation to grow we have to plan for our grandchildren. You can’t plan for me, I’m already gone. You can’t plan for the old, you can only manage them. So, we must plan for our children and grandchildren.”