I Will Go Back to My Village If Lose – GEJ

I Will Go Back to My Village If Lose – GEJ

President Goodluck Jonathan while speaking with AlJazeera, on Monday night said he was very optimistic that he will not lose the March 28 presidential election but should that happen he has no problem returning to his hometown in Otuoke in Bayelsa State.

According to GEJ:

“If by default somebody wins the election, of course, I will go back to my village. The country is not my father’s estate,”

And on whether he suddenly stepped up of military operations in the fight against Boko Haram because he was scared he might lose the election on the grounds of insecurity, he said:

“It is out of ignorance.
“In a political environment, if one party, particularly the ruling party, is going to the left, the opposition would have to go to the right. They must find something. They must have something to tell the people.”

The President, however, explained that Boko Haram insurgents were able to do so much evil because the military didn’t have certain weapons to confront them, but since the procurement of modern weapons, the security agencies would send them packing soon.
And on whether he plans to remove Jega, he said:

“Except somebody is insinuating that the chairman has done something wrong. You cannot change an officer, except the person has done something wrong. Government, whether at the federal or state level, president or governor, does not wake up and change somebody, especially somebody like the INEC chairman; except that person has done something wrong.
“INEC is a very sensitive body. For me to change the INEC chairman, Nigerians and non-Nigerians will ask questions. So, you cannot wake up and change the INEC Chairman.”

And on corruption, he said:

“Even the corruption issues –even if you look at the Corruption Perception Index…yes, people talk about corruption now because it has become almost a political issue. And when you move something to the level of politics, of course normally the issue is blown out of proportion.
“Yes, we have cases of corruption but it’s not as bad as people make it to be. Yes, we have cases of stealing; I always say it that, call a thief a thief. I am not staying that Nigeria doesn’t have an element of corruption or stealing.
“Start from ex-CBN governor who said $48.9bn was missing. What is the budget of this country for God’s sake? Our budget has been about N3.something trillion. That’s roughly about $18 to $20bn a year.
“And someone is saying we lose N48.9bn. If we lost that huge amount both federal and state governments would not be able to pay salaries. I don’t know how he came about that figure. The next thing was for him to reduce the figure. Up to this time I don’t know which is the correct accusation.”

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