The Former governor of Cross River state Donald Duke says in a recent interview that the 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.
This was said 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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