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I Worked For The Next Generation And Not For The Next Elections Says Ex-President Jonathan

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Former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan is currently at the Oxford Union discussing youth empowerment, entrepreneurship, corruption in Nigeria, his successes and failures during his tenure.

The ex-president has also answered a series of questions from students during the Oxford Union question and answer session on Monday, October 24, in Oxford, England, UK.

The former President said, “while serving as President of Nigeria, I worked for the next generation and not for the next elections. I have no regrets for what I did”.

“Somebody must sacrifice and work for the next generation otherwise your children’s children will suffer the same predicaments as you have”.

The former Nigerian leader talked about youth entrepreneurship programs his administration pioneered, saying that one of them, YouWIN, was a major plank of his job creation efforts.

“The motivation for this program is for young people to go into SMEs, create jobs for other young people with the expectation that some would grow to large scale businesses” Dr. Jonathan said.

He concluded his speech by giving a short brief of his achievements in the economic sphere, saying, “Under my watch, Nigeria was projected by CNN Money to be the third fastest growing economy in the world for the year 2015 and rated as the largest economy in Africa and the 23rd largest in the world by the World Bank and the IMF, with a GDP above half a Trillion US dollars.”

The speech was streamed live via Dr. Jonathan’s Facebook page and will be hosted on the Oxford Union’s site.

 

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