Adams Oshiomole, former national chairman of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), says the legacy left by former President Goodluck
Jonathan is one that should inspire leaders.
Oshiomole said this on Saturday at the one-year memorial
lecture in honour of Hosa Okunbo, chairman of Ocean Marine Solution, in Abuja.
Okunbo died on August 8, 2021.
Speaking on Jonathan’s legacies, Oshiomhole said the former
president will always be remembered for making a historic call by
congratulating President Muhammadu Buhari prior to the official declaration of
the result of the 2015 presidential election.
“You left legacies
even though I had cause to fight because it is politics. The legacy you have
left, there is no successor who can afford to do less,” Oshiomole said.
“But the logic of multi-party democracy is that even an
angel can be defeated. You have set a standard that none of your successors can
afford to go below.
“Part of your legacies was when you launched the almajiri
school and you thought that no Nigerian child should be left on the street; and
you appropriated special funds.
“These ideas are not
new, but what we lack is the will to transform it to practice. We never know
who are our friends until when we are no more.”
Oshiomhole had recently said he did not join the APC to
become chairman, but to remove the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from power.
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