{"id":18443,"date":"2021-04-07T08:06:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T07:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=18443"},"modified":"2021-04-07T08:06:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T07:06:49","slug":"ex-president-jonathan-reveals-why-nigeria-is-in-its-current-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/07\/ex-president-jonathan-reveals-why-nigeria-is-in-its-current-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-President, Jonathan reveals why Nigeria is in its current state"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-President of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has stated that Nigeria is in its current state because of nepotism.<\/p>\n<p>This statement was made by the former president while speaking on Tuesday, April 6 at the\u00a0Palace of the Emir of Bauchi during a one-day working visit to Bauchi state.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Jonathan said the problem is with Nigeria&#8217;s leadership style that puts family, friends, and acquaintances over merit, ability and capability to deliver.<\/p>\n<p>He said for someone to be appointed to an office or given a responsibility in Nigeria, they must know someone at the top. This, he said, has been drawing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/29\/photos-police-arrest-16-suspects-linked-to-killings-of-security-operatives-across-the-country\/\">country<\/a> backwards.<\/p>\n<p>In Nigeria, we have this\u00a0tradition where some people feel that some ministries are big and juicy and must be given to a special person or that you have to know someone before you give him a responsibility role or put him somewhere. It is not like that with me, it is not my way of doing things,&#8221; Goodluck Jonathan said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-President of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has stated that Nigeria is in its current state because of nepotism. This statement was made by the former president while speaking on Tuesday, April 6 at the\u00a0Palace of the Emir of Bauchi during a one-day working visit to Bauchi state. 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