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The Presidency has declared that erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan’s “disastrous” tenure successful bureau volition beryllium a large obstacle if helium chooses to contention the 2027 statesmanlike election.
Presidential Spokesperson, Mr Bayo Onanuga, made this known successful a powerfully worded connection connected Monday successful Abuja, reacting to claims by erstwhile Information Minister Jerry Gana that Jonathan would tally nether the PDP successful 2027.
Onanuga dismissed Gana’s comments arsenic “delusional,” arguing that Nigerians volition retrieve Jonathan’s dismal grounds successful office, stressing that the erstwhile President cannot signifier a comeback aft 12 years to decision President Bola Tinubu.
“As we statesman the march towards the 2027 elections prematurely foisted connected the federation by the desperation of the absorption ganging up against President Bola Tinubu contempt his glaring elephantine economical strides.”
“One caller connection that stands retired successful its absurdity is Prof. Jerry Gana’s. The erstwhile Minister of Information and National Orientation, moving to draught erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan into the 2027 statesmanlike race.”
“He affirmed that the erstwhile president would contention the coming predetermination connected the level of the discredited PDP, which bequeathed a bequest of economical ruins, aft 16 years of atrocious governance.”
“Gana adjacent deluded himself, asserting that the erstwhile President would decision President Tinubu to reclaim powerfulness aft 12 years.”
Onanuga noted the courts whitethorn request to regularisation connected Jonathan’s eligibility, fixed helium was sworn successful doubly arsenic president and could look law hurdles seeking a 3rd term.
He warned Jonathan against being misled by “sugar-coated” PDP loyalists similar Gana, saying their motives were selfish, ethnic, religious, and political — not patriotic.
Onanuga claimed Jonathan would beryllium abandoned by the aforesaid governmental elite mid-race, conscionable arsenic successful 2015, leaving him politically stranded again.
He acknowledged Jonathan’s law close to tally but stressed that Tinubu would invited the situation portion trusting the ineligible strategy to determine eligibility.
The presidency took purpose astatine Jonathan’s legacy, coating a grim representation of his clip successful bureau and accusing him of economical mismanagement and anemic governance.
“Let america punctual ourselves astir Jonathan’s record. We cannot hide successful a hurry however his regime, devoid of immoderate wide economical agenda, engaged successful frivolous spending, ran the system aground and enactment the state successful dire straits.”
“The nation’s economical downturn, which President Tinubu is moving precise hard to overcome, really began nether President Jonathan.”
“The Jonathan medication severely damaged the economy, and each cardinal indicators declined nether his watch.”
“Under him, the alleged concern moguls allocated overseas speech to import fuel, simply pocketing the dollars without importing anything. Some of those large men inactive person tribunal cases connected the contented today.”
The presidency besides alleged monolithic corruption during Jonathan’s time, peculiarly successful information spending, citing his erstwhile National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd).
“In 2010, President Jonathan inherited a full of $66 billion, of which $46 cardinal was successful overseas reserves and $20 cardinal successful the noble-but-abused Excess Crude Account.”
“By 2015, erstwhile the radical democratically removed him from office, the overseas reserves had fallen beneath $30 billion, and the Excess Crude Account had been depleted to $2 billion, contempt generating grounds gross from crude lipid income that the state had ne'er achieved successful much than 25 years combined.”
The presidency added that from 2010 to 2013, crude lipid sold for an mean of $100 per barrel, yet by 2014, the authorities struggled to wage workers.
“By December 2014, however, the Jonathan-led Federal Government could nary longer wage salaries to Federal Civil Servants. At slightest 28 states crossed the state owed workers immense wage arrears.”
In contrast, Onanuga said Tinubu had taken bold decisions to stabilise the system successful little than 30 months done subsidy removal and speech complaint unification.
“The President has stabilised the system successful somewhat implicit 2 years successful office. In 2025 Q2, the Gross Domestic Product grew by 4.23%, the highest successful 4 years, outpacing the 3.4% projected by the International Monetary Fund.”
“Inflation decreased to 20.12% successful August 2025, the lowest level successful 3 years. The overseas reserves basal presently astatine $42.03 billion. The N...
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