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Group Rejects Atiku’s Comments on Jonathan’s Experience, Cites Governance Achievements
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Group Rejects Atiku’s Comments on Jonathan’s Experience, Cites Governance Achievements

From Premium Times · (6d ago) English Critical tone

Translated from English, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

TLDR

  • A group, the Goodluck Jonathan Legacy Project (GJLP), has refuted claims by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar that former President Goodluck Jonathan lacked experience.
  • The GJLP defended Jonathan's record, citing his previous roles as Deputy Governor, Governor, Vice President, and Acting President.
  • The group also highlighted economic achievements during Jonathan's tenure, including Nigeria becoming Africa's largest economy and a decline in poverty levels.

The Goodluck Jonathan Legacy Project (GJLP) has strongly refuted recent remarks by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, who suggested that former President Goodluck Jonathan's administration suffered due to his inexperience. This defense, issued by GJLP Governor and National Coordinator Juan Amechee, champions Jonathan's leadership and dismisses Abubakar's claims as 'unfortunate and revisionist.' The GJLP asserts that characterizing Jonathan as 'inexperienced' is a departure from reality, given his extensive political trajectory.

His remarks on the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan as “unfortunate and revisionist.”

— Goodluck Jonathan Legacy Project (GJLP)Describing Atiku Abubakar's comments on Jonathan's tenure.

From the perspective of the GJLP, which champions the legacy of the former president, Atiku Abubakar's comments are not only inaccurate but also politically motivated. Amechee pointedly questioned Abubakar's own qualifications, suggesting that his long-standing presidential ambitions have not translated into substantive executive leadership experience at the highest level. The statement implies that Abubakar, a 'career presidential candidate,' lacks the moral standing to critique Jonathan's experience, especially when global leaders acknowledge Jonathan's contributions.

He is a decent young man, but also inexperienced, and I believe that contributed to his inability to manage the affairs of the country, particularly when he was faced with challenges.

— Atiku AbubakarSpeaking during an interview on Arise Television about Goodluck Jonathan.

The GJLP's defense also highlights key governance achievements during Jonathan's tenure. They point to Nigeria becoming Africa's largest economy, significant foreign direct investment inflows, and inflation remaining in single digits for periods. Furthermore, they cite World Bank data indicating a poverty level decline to 35.8 percent, the lowest since 1999. These points are presented to counter the narrative of a poorly managed administration, emphasizing a period of reform and economic progress that they believe is being unfairly overlooked or distorted.

To describe Mr Jonathan as ‘inexperienced’ is a flight from reality.

— Juan AmecheeGovernor and National Coordinator of the GJLP, reacting to Atiku Abubakar's comments.
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