President Jonathan said why he decided to concede defeat to General Buhari. He claimed that he wanted to avoid what he called collective tragedy. He maintained that the nation must come first before personal ambition. He made the statement yesterday April 16th while receiving the new French Ambassador to Nigeria, Denis Guaer at the state house, Abuja. Read what he said after the cut...
"Since
I assumed duty, I have been involved in quelling political crises in
some African countries and I know what they passed through and what some
are still going through. If you scuttle a system for personal ambition,
it becomes a collective tragedy. You need to have a nation before you can have an ambition. It should
always be the nation first. You don’t have to scuttle national progress
for personal ambition. Democracy has to be nurtured to grow. Strong
democratic institutions are the backbone and future of our democracy.
They must be protected and nurtured. As for me, as a matter of
principle, it is always the nation first" he said.
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