Former President Dr Good luck Ebele Jonathan receives protesters, advises youths to participate in politics

By: Admin. 

Well meaning Nigerian youth from all over Nigeria have gathered in front of Former president Goodluck Jonathan's office on Friday 22nd April, 2022. Demanding for his return and asking him to contest for presidency in the forth coming election. 

After chanting and screening his name for minutes, Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Friday came out to receive protesters who stormed his Abuja office.

Some of the posters which bore Jonathan’s portraits read: “GoodLuck Jonathan,you must run” “We need you to restore Nigeria.”

A spokesman for the group, Mayor Samuel, who is also the convener of the Youth Compatriots of Nigeria said, “We were deceived and brainwashed by those who claimed they could do it in 2015.

“Now, we know better, under Jonathan the minimum wage could buy one or two bags of rice. What do we have today? We are begging President Jonathan to forgive us, we have realized our mistakes, we want him back to complete what hResponding to them, Jonathan asked Nigerian youths to show greater interest in the nation’s political process.

The Ex President said it was time for youths to take advantage of the Not Too Young To Run Act to participate actively in the electoral process.

He also emphasised that he was aware that they were “here to ask me to declare,” but he said, “I cannot declare because some process are still ongoing.”

“Yes you are calling me to come and declare for the next election, I cannot tell I’m declaring. The political process is ongoing just watch out. The key role you must play is that Nigeria must get somebody that will carry young people along.”he started.