(NNEWI)
A political analyst, Mr Darlington Agha has said that what the out-going President Goodluck Jonathan did as he quickly congratulated the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, the winner of the just conducted presidential election even before the final and official result was out was enough to include Nigeria in the map of politically developed nations.
Speaking to journalists in Nnewi Anambra State yesterday, Mr Agha said the day President Jonathan congratulated Buhari on the later’s electoral victory should be recognized as a national day of peace to be celebrated by the country every year. He described the courage President Jonathan summoned as a laudable feat which many even in advanced nations of the world could not achieve.
He said that Jonathan could have as well stopped the election even when under aged were captured in camera voting in the North against the electoral law. Agha said it was within the powers of the out-going President to say no to those glaring electoral malpractices, a situation he said would have instigated crisis the country might not have managed.
“What Jonathan has done has proved wrong the American forcast that Nigeria may break in 2015. Jonathan’s action has not only portrayed him as a democrat but also a distinguished statesman who has the love of his country at heart. He has saved the nation from violence of great magnitude and wonton destruction of properties across the country. Nigeria owes Jonarhan a lot,” the political analyst said.
He noted the action had placed Nigeria as the largest democracy and largest economy in Africa.
Congratulating Buhari on his victory at polls, Agha urged the President-elect not only to be magnanimous in victory but also to build and consolidate on the developmental achievements of the out-going President.He advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega to ensure that all problems associated with the presidential and National Assembly elections including the failure of the card readers were brought to the barest minimum in the forth-coming Apri 11 polls.
(DAVID ONWUCHEKWA)
A political analyst, Mr Darlington Agha has said that what the out-going President Goodluck Jonathan did as he quickly congratulated the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, the winner of the just conducted presidential election even before the final and official result was out was enough to include Nigeria in the map of politically developed nations.
Speaking to journalists in Nnewi Anambra State yesterday, Mr Agha said the day President Jonathan congratulated Buhari on the later’s electoral victory should be recognized as a national day of peace to be celebrated by the country every year. He described the courage President Jonathan summoned as a laudable feat which many even in advanced nations of the world could not achieve.
He said that Jonathan could have as well stopped the election even when under aged were captured in camera voting in the North against the electoral law. Agha said it was within the powers of the out-going President to say no to those glaring electoral malpractices, a situation he said would have instigated crisis the country might not have managed.
“What Jonathan has done has proved wrong the American forcast that Nigeria may break in 2015. Jonathan’s action has not only portrayed him as a democrat but also a distinguished statesman who has the love of his country at heart. He has saved the nation from violence of great magnitude and wonton destruction of properties across the country. Nigeria owes Jonarhan a lot,” the political analyst said.
He noted the action had placed Nigeria as the largest democracy and largest economy in Africa.
Congratulating Buhari on his victory at polls, Agha urged the President-elect not only to be magnanimous in victory but also to build and consolidate on the developmental achievements of the out-going President.He advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega to ensure that all problems associated with the presidential and National Assembly elections including the failure of the card readers were brought to the barest minimum in the forth-coming Apri 11 polls.
(DAVID ONWUCHEKWA)
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