Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, said he is ashamed that Nigeria is now being used as a negative example in the international political community.
Speaking at the inauguration of the first bridge built by Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State in Ado Ekiti on Friday night, Jonathan highlighted the most recent scenario, when the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, mocked the poor state of security in Nigeria and the naira’s weakening status.
Jonathan said: “He (Ghanaian President) said Ghana is not like Nigeria where cattle roam the streets. At another occasion in the United Kingdom, he made scathing remarks about Nigeria’s currency. I feel ashamed as a former President that the president of a neighboring country used Nigeria as negative examples. If a neighbouring African president will use Nigeria to make negative examples, then we as leaders must know certain things are wrong in the country. That means we as leaders must change the way we do things.”
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