What Goodluck Jonathan Said About Democracy In Africa

Former Nigeria‘s President, Goodluck Jonathan, says democracy has “indeed turned the corner in Africa.”

Naija News reports that Jonathan cited many nations holding periodic and peaceful elections which put in the hands of the people the power to choose their leaders as the reason for his statement.

This online news platform understands that Jonathan made this statement when he arrived Johannesburg, the capital of South Africa on Tuesday morning to lead the Election Observation Mission of the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA).

His words: “I arrived Johannesburg early this morning to lead the Election Observation Mission of the @EISAfrica to South Africa’s national and provincial elections.

“Democracy has indeed turned the corner in Africa with many nations holding periodic and peaceful elections which put in the hands of the people the power to choose their leaders,” Jonathan tweeted.

Democracy has indeed turned the corner in Africa with many nations holding periodic and peaceful elections which put in the hands of the people the power to choose their leaders. -GEJ

— Goodluck E. Jonathan (@GEJonathan) May 1, 2019

Meanwhile, Naija News reports that the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (former Electoral Institute of Southern Africa), or EISA, is an organization founded in 1996 in Johannesburg to “promote credible elections, participatory democracy, human rights culture and the strengthening of governance institutions for the consolidation of democracy in Africa.”