PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN: The Beacon of Hope for a New Nigeria
Great presidents are made great by horrible circumstances combined with character, temperament and intelligence. Like firemen, cops, doctors or soldiers, most presidents perform best under pressure and crisis situations. However, most often than not, calculated effort at overcoming such challenges are usually taken for granted, and therefore, not appreciated by all.Goodluck Jonathan in the history of Nigeria is the first President, PHD holder and of course, the second fully fit university graduate to preside over the affairs of Africa’s most populous nation. His personal character and intellectual capabilities is also solid gold. President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan took the oath of office on 29th May, 2011 amidst thunderous expectations of a new dawn, given the mountain of problems that characterized the nation.
A MAN OF INTEGRITY THAT CAN BE TRUSTED WITH CAMPAIGN PROMISES AND DIVIDENDS OF DEMOCRACY
a man of integrity
Where many leaders are two-faced; publicly kind, but privately feared and/or hated by people closest to them, Jonathan is consistent in the way he treats people, consistently kind and personally humble. He lives by the code that those who lead must serve. He believes that. He lives it. He lived it long before he was in the public eye.Jonathan puts service ahead of ideology. He also knows that to succeed politically you need to be tough. He can be. This is a man who does what works, rather than scoring ideological points. In other words he is the quintessential non-ideological pragmatic Nigerian. He will (thank God!) disappoint ideologues and purists of the left and the right.
BEACON OF HOPE
hopeForUs Jonathan has a reservoir of personal physical courage that is unmatched in our presidential history. Why unmatched? Because as the first minority contender for the presidency who has won, Jonathan, and all the rest of us, know that he is in great physical danger from the seemingly unlimited reserve of unhinged tribal hatred, and just plain unhinged ignorant hatred, that swirls in the bowels of our wounded and sinful country.By stepping forward to lead, Jonathan has literally put his life on the line for all of us in a way no other Nigerian ever has had to do. (And we all know how dangerous the presidency has been) Thus putting the nation on the right track towards eliminating primordial sentiments, tribal loyalty, party loyalty, ideology and pride as against national loyalty and putting the country first in all that we do as a people.
CALCULATIVE AND UNTIRING
untiring

The greater point about Jonathan is that he inherited myriad problems and crises when he assumed office. Thus, President Jonathan has taken on the leadership of our country at a make or break time of historic proportions. He has therefore faced not one, but dozens of crisis, each big enough to define any presidency in better times. This, however, has been exacerbated by the opposition and doing all they can to undermine the government’s capabilities and programs. The word panic is not in the Jonathan dictionary.Jonathan brings a moral clarity to his leadership reserved for those who have had to work very hard for everything they’ve gotten. His experience of succeeding in spite of his social background could have been embittering or one that fostered a spiritual rebirth of forgiveness and enlightenment. Jonathan radiates the calm inner peace of the spirit of forgiveness