Former governor of Cross River state Donald Duke says former President
Jonathan told him and former president Obasanjo he never wanted to be
the Vice president of Nigeria when he was selected to be the running
mate to late President Umaru Yar'Adua for the 2007 general election.
Donald Duke said this in an interview with news magazine, The
Interviewer
"You don’t give authority to an unwilling person, particularly in a
country like Nigeria. Umaru never wanted to be president. He was dealing
with his health issues and wanted to retire and go lecture in a
university. He was really offered an appointment at the Ahmadu Bello
University in Zaria. Jonathan, on the other hand, had just been
re-elected to be governor of Bayelsa and when he was picked, he was not
so pleased. He said to Obasanjo and me, ‘I don’t want this job".
If these two men never aspired to the office but were
recruited to take on a responsibility as daunting as the management of
Nigeria without mentally preparing for the office and having a grand
vision of where they wanted to take Nigeria to, then there is a problem.
The mental preparation is absolutely important. The vision can be
scripted for you, but if you are not prepared and you have no capable
team to help you follow through, it is grossly unfair. It is like
converting a passenger on an aircraft to a pilot.”
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