– Goodluck Jonathan was born differently from other children
– Mother says he was an exceptional child
– And helpful to his parents
Ex-president Goodluck Jonathan and wife, Dame Patience Jonathan with Mrs Eunice Jonathan (middle).
In a rather emotional manner, mother of Nigeria’s former president, Goodluck Jonathan, has explained the circumstances surrounding his birth and the kind of child he was while growing up.
The mother, Mrs Eunice Aye Jonathan(nee Afeni), according to dawn-to-dusk news, regularly attended religious activities with him as the Nigerian president.
As a devout Anglican, it is on record that unless she was ill, Mrs Jonathan swept the Anglican Church in Otuoke (Jonathan’s hometown in Bayelsa State) every day for 30 years from when she became a Christian in 1976.
Of all her children, only ex-president Goodluck and his elder sister, Obebatein.
In the former president’s authorised biography titled ‘Wind Of Hope’, Madam Eunice said: “I often had prolonged labour during childbirth, sometimes for up to a week, and because of this, I usually had still-births. But when it was the turn of Goodluck, I delivered him the very day I started having labour pains.
“Only God knows how he created Azikiwe. He is unique. He was an exceptional child. When he was growing up, he never refused to go on any errand. He was so helpful to us his parents. Before he went to primary school and whenever he was holidays, he would accompany me to the farm, or follow his father to carve canoes and cut palm.
“All I wanted was for them(my children) not to be illiterate like me, for them to be able to sing Christian songs from the hymn books as well as read the Bible for me. God in his infinite mercy saw my sincere desire and decided to bless our family the way He has done. I know that we do not deserve it, but when God says yes, who can say no? We give him all the glory.”
In a related development, President Muhammadu Buhari, during his address of the European Union Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg, France on Wednesday, February 3, 2016, hailed his predecessor for his heroics after losing last year’s presidential election.
Buhari said Jonathan did what no other Nigerian president has ever done when he called to concede defeat even before the official announcement of the election results by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
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