Jonathan Is A Leader, Not A Politician – Anyim

President Goodluck Jonathan is not a politician but a statesman, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, has said.

He spoke at a panel discussion organized by GEJWinsIt, a pro-Jonathan group in Abuja, yesterday.

“Jonathan is not a politician. He is a statesman. He is a leader who is building strong, democratic, national, institutions that guarantee the future on Nigeria. By the time he finishes in the next four years, Nigeria would be in a gear that can no longer be reversed.”

According to Sen. Anyim, President Jonathan was not fighting for the next elections but the next generation of Nigerians and that he opened the political space as part of his determination to strengthen democracy in the country.

He added that president Goodluck Jonathan created the conducive atmosphere for opposition political parties to thrive and that he was indeed enjoying the activities of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

His words, “we allowed freedom of speech; we allowed people to express their thoughts without inhibition, so much that people even hurl abuses on the president without any of them having to run away.

“We allowed liberty of political associations. That was how some parties came together to form opposition parties. There was a time in Nigeria when that would have been impossible.

"But we allowed it and we are enjoying their activities. We are enjoying the activities of the APC. We are watching them and enjoying it because it was our own creation.

“In fact APC should be grateful to Mr. President because the president believes that a strong opposition is good for democracy”