Cross River State ex-Governor, Donald Duke has said that ex-President Goodluck Jonathan never wanted to be Nigeria’s Vice President. Jonathan served as Vice President to late President, Umaru Musa Yar’adua and took over when the latter died in 2010.
Duke made the comment during a recent interview with news magazine, "The Interviewer". He said:
"You don’t give authority to an unwilling person, particularly in a country like Nigeria.”
“Umaru
never wanted to be president. He was dealing with his health issues and
wanted to retire and go lecture in a university. He was really offered
an appointment at the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria.”
“Jonathan,
on the other hand, had just been re-elected to be governor of Bayelsa
and when he was picked, he was not so pleased. He said to Obasanjo and
me, ‘I don’t want this job".”
“If these two men
never aspired to the office but were recruited to take on a
responsibility as daunting as the management of Nigeria without mentally
preparing for the office and having a grand vision of where they wanted
to take Nigeria to, then there is a problem.”
“The
mental preparation is absolutely important. The vision can be scripted
for you, but if you are not prepared and you have no capable team to
help you follow through, it is grossly unfair. It is like converting a
passenger on an aircraft to a pilot.”
Obasanjo has however said that he can’t be blamed for Jonathan’s
mistakes as you can get a man a job but you can’t help him do it.Pulse
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