2027: Jonathan\u2019s Associates should mount pressure on him to contest, Nigerians want him \u2013 Tasdo
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As calls for ex-President Goodluck Jonathan to to run for the 2027 presidential election continue to highten a former presidential aspirant of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Mathias Tsado, has urged associates of the former President to prevail on him to run for the next presidential poll.<\/p>\n
Speaking on this Tuesday\u2019s edition of Channels Television\u2019s breakfast show, Sunrise Daily, Tsado made it clear that the former Bayelsa Governor possesses the qualities needed to reposition the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, he has not declared that he wants to run for election, but for somebody like me, I am praying for a day that will come when President Goodluck Jonathan will declare and say, \u2018I want to run\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose who have his contacts, those who have access to him, should speak to him. They should point out the other rumors around in 2023 that he was going to run and all that. There were rumors, but this time around, [they should tell him], \u2018Please come around, sir, because Nigerian people today need you\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
While recalling Jonathan\u2019s role in sustaining the country\u2019s democracy, he pointed out that Jonathan demonstrated statesmanship by conceding defeat to Buhari, a sign that he was not desperate for power.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn fact, he demonstrated he\u2019s not somebody who is desperate to be in government.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou remember when he said his ambition is not worth the blood of any Nigerian, and someone said recently that President Goodluck Jonathan lost the election in 2015 but gained the people. And at the moment, I think that is what is working for him,\u201d the former ADP presidential aspirant told the morning show crew from Channels Television\u2019s Abuja studio.<\/p>\n
According to him, Jonathan has attained a position many politicians in the country are aspiring for.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou see, the position that President Goodluck, former President Goodluck Jonathan, finds himself today is a position that most politicians are yearning for,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n