31 Facts About Goodluck Jonathan

1. Goodluck Jonathan tried to change the name of one of the top Universities of the Country, the University of Lagos to Moshood Abiola University.

2. Goodluck Jonathan was criticised as lacking the charisma, backbone, and intelligence to handle government.

3. Goodluck Jonathan launched the Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria initiative in October 2011.

4. Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in as president and served from the 5th of May 2010 until he was re-elected on the 29 May 2011.

5. Goodluck Jonathan served as governor of Bayelsa state between 2005 and 2007.

6. Goodluck Jonathan became deputy governor of Bayelsa state alongside Governor Diepreye Alamieseiyeseigha in 1999.

7. Goodluck Jonathan was of Ijaw heritage and belonged to a family of canoe makers.

8. Goodluck Jonathan was re-elected in April 2011 in an election that some experts said may have been the most fair election in Nigerian history.

9. Goodluck Jonathan began his career in politics in 1998, having joined the People's Democratic Party in 1998.

10. Goodluck Jonathan is married to Patience Faka Goodluck Jonathan and has two children.

11. Goodluck Jonathan was born in Otueke in Ogbia Local Government Area in Nigeria to a family of canoe makers.

12. Goodluck Jonathan is a member of the People's Democratic Party, which is in power as of September 2010.

13. Goodluck Jonathan was one of the first Presidents of Nigeria who did not have a political or military background.

14. Goodluck Jonathan owns a big estate located in the center of Otuoke on a small island community very close to the local government.

15. In 2005, Goodluck Jonathan served as the 6th governor of Bayelsa State, Nigeria.

16. Goodluck Jonathan was born on 20 November 1957 to a family of canoe makers in the land which is today known as the Bayelsa State of  Nigeria.

17. Goodluck Jonathan said: "You see, under our laws, the best a president can do is sack his appointee or employee and then the EFCC or ICPC will take them to court.

18. Goodluck Jonathan said "I don't think Nigerians will make the mistake of voting for Buhari.

19. In May 2012, President Goodluck Jonathan changed the name of the University of Lagos to the Moshood Abiola University in honour of the late MKO Abiola.

20. On 16 January 2014, it was reported that Goodluck Jonathan had sacked his military high command in response to their inability to end the Islamist-led insurgency in Northern Nigeria.

21. On 14 May 2013, Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in three northeastern Nigerian states, Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa, to curtail the activities of Boko Haram.

22. Goodluck Jonathan told reporters that "we would work together with the UN and other world leaders to ensure that terrorism is brought under control.

23. Goodluck Jonathan said in a statement he issued on 31 March 2015 that "Nobody's ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian.

24. On 31 March 2015, Goodluck Jonathan conceded the election to challenger Muhammadu Buhari, who was sworn in to succeed him on 29 May 2015.

25. On 11 September 2013, President Goodluck Jonathan sacked the creator and coordinator of the Transformation Agenda, Shamsudeen Usman, the Minister of National Planning, along with eight other cabinet ministers amid a rift in the People's Democratic Party.

26. On 18 April 2011, Goodluck Jonathan was declared the winner of the election.

27. Goodluck Jonathan was declared winner with a victory in two-thirds of the states of the Federation counted.

28. On 29 May 1999, Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in as Deputy Governor of Bayelsa alongside Diepreye Alamieyeseigha who came in as the governor of the state on the platform of PDP.

29. In 2007, Goodluck Jonathan declared his assets worth a total of ₦ 295,304,420.

30. Goodluck Jonathan was born in what is Bayelsa State to a family of canoe makers.

31. Goodluck Jonathan lost the 2015 presidential election to Muhammadu Buhari, becoming the first sitting Nigerian president to concede electoral defeat.