Few hours to inauguration, the outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan, has officially presented his handover notes to the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari.
The notes were presented inside the council chamber of the presidential villa today. This was done shortly after the president took Buhari round the seat of power.
Vice president Namadi Sambo, also took the vice-president-elect, Mr Yemi Osinbajo, round his wing of the villa.
Jonathan presented an executive summary of his hand over notes and a copy of the report of the National Conference to Buhari in the presence of All Progressives Congress chieftains, who accompanied him to the villa.
In his remarks, Jonathan said his administration had done its best for the country.
Meanwhile, Buhari had disclosed that he would not make a bold statement until he has studied the handover notes.
The president-elect, however, commended Jonathan for conceding defeat in the March 28 presidential election.
He said: “Until I read and digest this notes from the President, I don’t think I will be in a position to make any strong contribution.
“But what I will say is since the telephone call you made, you have changed the course of Nigeria’s political history. For that you have earned yourself a place in our history, for stabilising this system of multi party democracy and you have earned the respect of not only Nigerians but world leaders.
“All the leaders that spoke to me and congratulated us for arriving at the point we arrived, mentioned this and I could understand, a lot of relief in their voices that Nigeria has made it after all and this is largely owed to a situation.
“If you had wanted to make things difficult, you could have made things difficult and that would have been at the expense of lives of poor Nigerians, but you chose the part of honour and may God help all of us. Thank you very much your Excellency.”
Others at the villa include; the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Oyegun, members of the two parties’ transition committees, Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi and Spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Lai Muhammed.
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