I Could’ve Been Sacked From Office By Fuel Subsidy Crisis But… – Jonathan

In a candid confession, Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday in Freetown, Sierra Leone, revealed that  he could have been sacked from office by protests that greeted the initial removal of fuel subsidy by his administration in January this year.

Jonathan said this when he met with the chairman of the country’s National Electoral Commission, Mrs.  Christiana Thorpe, and chairmen as well as  presidential candidates of political parties contesting the country’s general elections on November 17.

The President however said the only thing that saved him from removal during the impasse was because he emerged President in a free and fair election through the genuine mandate of the voters.

He therefore advised stakeholders in Sierra Leone to work towards ensuring a free and fair election devoid of manipulation.

He said, “In Nigeria, I remember the fuel subsidy crisis all over the country, I could have been removed but I was confident of my mandate.

“When some people started talking of regime change, majority of the people who voted for me insisted that they elected me and what they were asking for was change of policy, not regime change; and that calmed down the situation.

“Credible elections give you the mandate of the people and confidence too. It is difficult to calm people down when elections are manipulated.”

Jonathan said he could not have had the boldness and moral ground to preach free and fair poll in Sierra Leone if elections under his watch in Nigeria were marred with malpractices.

3 COMMENTS

  1. what have you don for the people that vote you in. as you have said. The rich ar getting more richer. Bus drives no see fuel buy with there own money. most of business man are in cut with they land lord because no money to pay there rent guy you no da try. Don’t for get na only poor man de stand for sun to vote

  2. Let’s just assume we had a free and fair election,wld nt nigerians be getting our six months promise of dividends of oil subsidee removal?if GEJ really had the fair of God,the few increament we had on the fuel price wld hav e affected lives of the common people,as I comment today only a few petrol station have gas in kwara state of Nigeria,just before this concluded sallah, the Nation’s capital suffered the same ill fate,yet jonathan preach free and fair , when all he does is to drink around the continents we have,he thinks he s got thatmandate to misbehave,he promised the youth of this country jobs, its not yet realised because he is bluffing us,the only hop nigerians have is GOD HIMSELF!