A former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Bolaji Abdulahi, has cleared the doubts of many alleging that the former president, Goodluck Jonathan, was weak and clueless during his administration.
The former sports minister, while in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, during the first quarter August Meeting organised by Education Champion League committee for the review of his book “On A Platter Of Gold – How Jonathan Won and Lost Nigeria”, said that the former president was rather patriotic than weak and clueless.
The former Minister who also served as the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress between 2016 and 2018 added that ex-president Jonathan was careful about how he used his powers, according to Nigerian Tribune.
He said: “Definitely he’s not weak, definitely he’s not clueless from my experience. The most important thing I know about him is that he’s very patriotic. As a patriot he’s also someone who’s careful about how he uses power.
“He understood the enormity of the powers of the President and he used to say that if he uses 30% of his power as President of Nigeria he will become a dictator. So he’s someone who is careful and who is also reluctant to hurt people. So because of his reluctance to hurt people, it’s possible that some will interpret it to mean that he’s clueless”.
He added that “Some of the things that he did at the time some other people have done the same and even worse. So I think he was just a victim of the kind of politics of that time. I think if he had been president at this time, he would probably have had a different approach”.
