Goodluck Jonathan Was Unprepared For Leadership Says Nigerian Senate President

Nigerian Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has said former President Goodluck Jonathan, was not ready to take on the presidency affairs of the country when he was elected to rule
Senator Saraki who said in Abuja yesterday at the book launch written by the former Minister of Sport and the APC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi titled: ‘On a platter of gold’  , said despite what people said and believed about the former president, he did not see him as a man who was power thirst.“I don’t think Jonathan was someone who had the thirst for power, he was not prepared for the role of leadership, yes by fortune, he got there,” he said.
While recounting some of his experiences with Jonathan, Saraki said in 2011 he mustered courage to go and inform him about his intention to run for presidency against him.
According to Saraki, what he got in response totally caught him off guard, because rather than look down on the idea, Jonathan shook his hands and wished him luck. “What I will recollect was the day I decided I was going to contest presidency. I felt that I didn’t want Jonathan to hear it as news, I booked an appointment to go and see him- I didn’t know what I was thinking that day. I went to the Presidential Villa, he said ‘come in, come in, how can I help you?
“I looked at him and said Mr. President I came to tell you that I am going to be contesting against you in the next presidential election. He looked at me and said ‘oh, okay, good luck, good luck.’ If it were any other person may be I would not have left the Villa but that again sums up Jonathan.”He said: “I booked an appointment to see the former president, I went with my paper, I started with the background of how people brought in petroleum products.
“I said sir, they’ve taken it to another level; now, they get an order to bring in products they don’t want to make 10, 20 per cent any more. They will get an offer to bring in a cargo of 20,000 litres they will bring in 5,000 to be stamped for 20,000 and instead of making 10 per cent, they make ten times the amount.
“I was telling him thinking he will be very agitated, he said, ‘Senator Saraki, you know this oil business is very oily,” he said.
On his assessment of the book on Jonathan, Saraki described the author as a man with great intellect, adding that the book is a very intelligent narration of events that took place in the previous administration.