Danliti Ibrahim
Listing exemplary legacies of the former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the governor of Kano state, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, describes Jonathan establishment of Tsangaya schools across many Northern states, as “…exemplary and good initiative to wipe away social problems from our society.”
He made the commendation during a book launch titled “Dear President Goodluck Jonathan,” authored by Bonaventure Phillips Melah, held at International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja, Tuesday, in the presence of the former President and many more dignitaries.
“Almajiri issue has been a problem for us. The system was adulterated from its original position. When pupils learned the Holy Qur’an without this issue of begging, as it is obtained now. During your time, you just decided to create Tsangaya schools,” he appreciated.
Appreciating that, it was during the time of the former President Jonathan, that the curriculum was widened and deepened, so as to produce more quality people with various types of skills to earn their living.
While commending him for that, he further stated “As we also modified the system, we are now establishing more Almajiri schools in Kano state. So we have to thank you for that important legacy.”
On the statesmanship and patriotic posture of the former President, governor Ganduje narrated that “After the 2015 presidential election, suddenly we learned that you congratulated the President-elect then, Muhammadu Buhari. Not only that we were shocked, we were also marvelled. We said this must be a true Nigerian.”
He continued, “During the United States of America’s presidential election, it was around 2am, when I was watching the result of the election, when President Donald Trump was refuting the results, a friend of mine said to me ‘Goodluck Jonathan must be an Angel.’ I asked ‘why? He said ‘Look President Trump is refuting election results.”
In a statement by Abba Anwar the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary said “We salute you for that Sir. You did not make the name for yourself, but for Nigeria, Africa and other developing nations of the world. And for democracy as a whole,” he concluded.
