2023 elections won’t break up this country, says Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, has said Nigeria will not break up as a result of the 2023 elections.

Jonathan stated this at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)’s Council of the WISE strategic retreat and planning workshop held in Lagos.

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He said “When elections are coming, there is always this fear that the country will implode. But you see that the country has remained stable.”

“When I was in office… the 2015 elections, some people were sending words out of the country, but nothing happened at the end of the day. So 2023 will come and go and this country will remain.”

He expressed his confidence in the ability of ECOWAS to solve the challenges confronting the sub-region.

“I am confident we have the capacity to achieve our mandate,” Jonathan said. “The tasks ahead of us may seem daunting given the current challenges in our sub-region but it is not insurmountable. I implore all of us to give the assignment her best shot.

“We will be seen to have done justice to this assignment if we succeed in catalysing processes towards institutionalising systems that will deepen democracy, people-oriented governance, and sustainable growths in our sub-region.”