By Nudoiba Ojen
Former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, said on Friday that Nigeria had to move forward since elections had been concluded.
Jonathan called on all leaders including former presidents to eschew bitterness and work together in harmony for the country’s overall good.
The former president spoke in Abuja in a chat with State House Correspondents shortly after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu.
He said, “There are certain things we discussed so that the country must move forward. Elections are over, we must move forward.
“Yes, we have challenges economically now, we still have all it takes to lead. These are some of the issues I will continue to have a conversation with Mr President, including briefing him on all my foreign programmes because they are not personal issues,” Jonathan said.
He said the visit which came hours after the Supreme Court verdict, afforded him the opportunity to congratulate the President over Thursday’s judgment.
He said, “There is a need to end the tension and move forward together as Africa’s most populous nation”.
Jonathan called on all political leaders, including former Presidents to eschew bitterness and work together in harmony for the country’s overall good.
The former president also said his visit was to inform Tinubu of some of his recent foreign engagements as well as some sundry issues affecting the country.
“Traditionally, if a former president goes outside the country for this continental, regional or international, he comes home and tell the President. That is the tradition. Most of the time, when you see me here, it is because of this thing we must do to move Nigeria, ECOWAS, and the African continent forward,” he said.
