2027: Leaders Who Fail To Perform Should Be Voted Out — Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that leaders who neglect to present connected their mandates should beryllium voted retired of office, provided credible elections are held.

Speaking astatine the 2025 variation of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF) Democracy Dialogue successful Accra, Ghana, Jonathan warned that electoral manipulation remains 1 of the biggest threats to Africa’s democracy, adding that unless stakeholders travel unneurotic to betterment the system, ideology connected the continent risks collapse.

In a connection issued connected Saturday by the Foundation’s Communications Officer, Wealth Dickson Ominabo, Jonathan noted that erstwhile ideology fails to conscionable citizens’ expectations, desperation creates fertile crushed for authoritarianism.

“Democracy successful Africa continent is going done a play of strain and hazard illness unless stakeholders came unneurotic to rethink and betterment it. Electoral manipulation remains 1 of the biggest threats successful Africa,” Jonathan said.

“If we had due elections, a person who fails to execute would beryllium voted out. But successful our case, radical usage the strategy to perpetuate themselves adjacent erstwhile the radical don’t privation them.”

The erstwhile President stressed that Africans privation much than the formality of elections, they privation accountability, equity, and bully governance.

“Our radical privation to bask their freedoms. They privation their votes to number during elections. They privation equitable practice and inclusivity. They privation bully education. Our radical privation security. They privation entree to bully healthcare. They privation jobs. They privation dignity. When leaders neglect to conscionable these basal needs, the radical go disillusioned,” helium said.

Jonathan besides hailed the increasing information of young radical successful authorities but noted that younker successful governance indispensable gully from the contented and acquisition of older generations to succeed.

The dialogue, which drew leaders and policymakers from crossed Africa, besides featured Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama and erstwhile Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo.

President Mahama warned that ideology would not endure unless Africans actively worked to support it.

“Democracy volition not past if we don’t enactment for it. We request a reset of ideology and governance to guarantee accountability. Anybody who wants to service indispensable beryllium accountable to the people. Our citizens are bushed of corruption, misgovernance, and deficiency of opportunities,” helium said.

“To renew democracy, we indispensable fortify institutions, present development, and amended our citizens. We indispensable support the media and civic space. A escaped property is democracy’s immune system. Democracy dies erstwhile citizens suffer faith, erstwhile leaders wantonness integrity, and erstwhile institutions succumb to capture. But ideology tin beryllium renewed erstwhile citizens emergence to support it.”

Chairman of the event, erstwhile President Olusegun Obasanjo, echoed the telephone for reforms, insisting that Africa’s existent antiauthoritarian signifier is unsustainable and requires urgent change.

Also contiguous were the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Touray; Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto Catholic Diocese; and different leaders who underscored that ideology successful Africa indispensable spell beyond elections to embody accountability, service, and discipline.