{"id":11323,"date":"2016-09-04T18:54:41","date_gmt":"2016-09-04T18:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=11323"},"modified":"2016-09-04T18:54:41","modified_gmt":"2016-09-04T18:54:41","slug":"jonathan-wins-african-leadership-award-with-popular-mantra-my-ambition-is-not-worth-the-blood-of-any-nigerian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=11323","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Wins African Leadership Award with popular mantra &#8220;my ambition is not worth the blood of any Nigerian&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=10315&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Former President Goodluck Jonathan has beaten former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and former United Nations Secretary General, Koffi Anan, to clinch the African Leadership Magazine Person of the Year, 2015.<br \/>\nEx-president Jonathan also defeated the founder, ECONET Wireless, Strive Masiyiwa; the Chairman, Heirs Holding, Tony Elumulelu and the President, African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina.<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/jonathan-foundation.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10544\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10544\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/jonathan-foundation-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"jonathan foundation\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/jonathan-foundation-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/jonathan-foundation-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/jonathan-foundation-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/jonathan-foundation-80x80.jpg 80w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/jonathan-foundation-40x40.jpg 40w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/jonathan-foundation-64x64.jpg 64w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/jonathan-foundation-75x75.jpg 75w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/jonathan-foundation.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"6lhuj-0-0\">This was disclosed by former Pro Tempore President of the Liberian Senate and Chairman of the 2015 African Leadership Person of the Year selection committee, Cletus Wortoson, In a letter to ex-President Jonathan, Wortoson said: <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"6utoo-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"6utoo-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"6utoo-0-0\">\u201cThere is no one best suited at the moment than your excellency, to advise the continent\u2019s leaders on the merits of good governance and enduring democracy. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"7dlc6-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"7dlc6-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"7dlc6-0-0\">\u201cYour popular mantra of \u2018one man one vote\u2019 and \u2018my ambition is not worth the blood of any Nigerian,\u2019 is a message that must be preached loud and clear on the continent, hence our endorsement. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"mdn6-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"mdn6-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"mdn6-0-0\">\u201cIt is with great pleasure that I bring you the news of your selection as the African Leadership Magazine Person of the Year, 2015.\u201d <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"ufvo-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"ufvo-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"ufvo-0-0\">The committee applauded Jonathan for his \u201cuncommon characteristics\u201d in deepening democracy in Africa, adding that \u201cIn adopting you as our choice, we placed a very high premium on your commitment towards deepening democracy on the continent \u2013 a characteristic which is uncommon among most African leaders at the highest level today.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"ebm8g-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"ebm8g-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"ebm8g-0-0\"> \u201cChief among the many factors we considered was your efforts towards promoting good governance in Africa through the promotion of free and fair elections across the continent.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"9rfgk-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"9rfgk-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"9rfgk-0-0\">\u201cYour recent assignment to Tanzania received accolades and international acclaim, because you discharged the responsibility most creditably. <\/span><\/div>\n<p><code><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"cmjgi-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"cmjgi-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"cmjgi-0-0\">\u201cWe resolved that there is no one best suited at the moment than Your Excellency, to advise the continent\u2019s leaders on the merits of good governance and enduring democracy. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"a756m-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"a756m-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"a756m-0-0\">\u201cThe board is fully persuaded that you have served your country, Nigeria, meritoriously, conducted a free and fair election, in which you lost and yet conceded defeat, a development seeing by many in the continent as historical. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"d194m-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"d194m-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"d194m-0-0\">\u201cYour popular mantra of \u2018one man one vote\u2019 and \u2018my ambition is not worth the blood of any Nigerian,\u2019 is a message that must be preached loud and clear on the continent, hence our endorsement.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"bnl1h-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"bnl1h-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"bnl1h-0-0\">Recall that the award has been previously won by Liberian President and Nobel prize winner, Johnson Sirleaf; former Ghanaian President, John Kuffour; Founder of Mo Ibrahim Foundation, Dr. Mo Ibrahim; Chairman, Honeywell Group, Oba Otudeko and lawn tennis goddess, Serena Williams. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"1pi84-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"1pi84-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1pi84-0-0\">Recall also, that ex-President Jonathan also became the first African leader to win the Martin Luther King human rights award.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"1pi84-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1pi84-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"1pi84-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1pi84-0-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2016\/03\/jonathan-beats-tinubu-to-african-leadership-award\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vanguard News<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=10315&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" 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Ex-president Jonathan also defeated the founder, ECONET Wireless, Strive Masiyiwa; the Chairman, Heirs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[2909,2908,299],"class_list":["post-11323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news","tag-african-leadership-award","tag-cletus-wortoson","tag-goodluck-jonathan"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/jonathan-foundation.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4oswh-2WD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11324,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11323\/revisions\/11324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}