Jonathan: Bring your Criticisms, I think of the Future, My legacies will speak

President Goodluck Jonathan said he was not deterred by criticisms but remained focused on the legacies he would leave behind when he vacates office.

He said he remained probably the most criticised Nigerian president but that he would allow posterity to judge him on his achievements when he leaves office. He stated this at Okrika at the burial ceremony of the foster mother where the drums were rolled out as tens of thousands of people paid their last respects to the late Madam Charity Oba, foster mother of the First lady, Dame Patience Jonathan.

He said, “In a moment like this, one thing that consoles me is the hymn we sang, which said, ‘Fading away like the stars of the morning, only to be remembered by what we have done’. So, it is left for all of us who are here on earth to play our roles and we know that surely we will die; I think the key thing is what will we be remembered for.

“Today, as political leaders, politics or holding political offices are almost like death, while you are there, you are on the stage, the day you leave, what will people remember you for? That is the only reason I am not deterred by criticism, no matter whether the comment is coming from the right on from the left. What challenges me every day is that the day I will leave that State House, what will the present and future generation of Nigerians remember me for?”
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