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I like to ask people: was it that there was 24-hour electricity and Jonathan came and switched it off and damaged the equipment? The answer is no. Power is an age-old problem in Nigeria and we have to understand that.

— Goodluck Jonathan on Nigeria

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I like to ask people: was it that there was 24-hour electricity and Jonathan came and switched it off and damaged the equipment? The answer is no. Power is an age-old problem in Nigeria and we have to understand that." in the context of "Goodluck Jonathan, EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: You will soon see that APC is grossly overrated, says Jonathan. TheCable, 26 March 2015." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Goodluck Jonathan

About Goodluck Jonathan

Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan (born 20 November 1957) is a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He lost the 2015 presidential election to former military head of state General Muhammadu Buhari, and was the first incumbent president in Nigerian history to concede defeat in an election.