Former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku
Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council on International
Relations and former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka
Anyaoku, on Tuesday said Nigerians owed President Goodluck Jonathan a
debt of gratitude for his roles in the conduct of a successful elections
this year.
Anyaoku spoke after a breakfast meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa.
He noted that Jonathan's magnanimity in calling the President-elect,
Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) on the telephone and congratulating him
even before the final results of the presidential elections were
announced was also commendable.
According to him, that singular act earned Nigeria a great deal of admiration and respect globally.
Anyaoku explained that the meeting would be the last that Jonathan would hold with members of the council.
"We had an excellent valedictory meeting. It is the last for our
council, it is the last we are meeting with the outgoing President.
"We told him that our nation Nigeria owes him a huge debt of gratitude
for what he has done in terms of the success of the elections and above
all in terms of the gesture of picking up the telephone and
congratulating the President-elect even before the final results of the
elections were announced.
"That singular act has earned our country a great deal of admiration
and respect abroad. We thanked him and congratulated him and wished him
well in his future endeavour" he added.
Source: This Day
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