Nigeria’s former president, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has endorsed the presidential aspiration of Governor Bala Mohammed.
Governor Mohammed, who served as minister of Federal Capital Territory under Jonathan’s administration, visited his former boss at his Abuja residence on Thursday.
A statement released by Lawal Muazu Bauchi, Aide to the Bauchi Governor on new media, quoted Jonathan as describing Mohammed as a man with patience, humility, fortitude and a good listener for a better Nigeria.
It stated that Jonathan stressed that the Bauchi Governor was one of his most hardworking ministers of his cabinet.
The former President, it added, appreciated Mohammed for being with him even after office saying that he could imagine a better Nigeria with an empathetic, committed and passionate leader if Bala is given a chance to run the affairs of Africa’s most populous state.
He also said that Bala Mohammed will no doubt actualize the aspiration of Nigerians considering his tremendous achievements as the FCT minister and now a governor.
Jonathan said as a thoughtful and responsible father, he is confident Bala Mohammed will make a difference by providing Nigerians with exemplary leadership.
Speaking earlier, the governor said he was at the residence of the former president, alongside members of his team, to seek for his blessings and inform him of his aspiration to run for the office of Nigeria’s President in the forthcoming election.
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The 63-year-old former Bauchi South senator has been advocating for the northern part of Nigeria to retain power in 2023, regardless of the fact that the incumbent president who is from the North would have governed the country for eight years by 2023.
“We are aware of the agitation of the southern part of the country because of the tenure of the leader, President Muhammadu Buhari who is from the North and will be finishing his tenure in 2023,” Gov Bala had said while receiving a committee report on his presidential ambition.
“I want to seize the opportunity to say that I am in PDP, I am not in the APC. It is the APC that has this burden. In my party, the last President was from the South. He was my President, Goodluck Jonathan. During the period my party was at the centre for 16 years, 14 of these years were led by the people from the South.
“So where is the justice and justification? So it is the time of the North. When you come to the North, North-East and South-East have not been there for too long, only a short stint compared to other zones.
“We should be given the opportunity. This Presidency, if it wants to be just and equitable to Nigerians, should be open to everybody from other sections of this country so that Nigerians can be given the opportunity to elect the best that can provide a solution.”