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The illness and eventual death of the late President Umaru Musa Yar\u2019Adua took the shine off his administration\u2019s success \u00a0within its short period, President Goodluck Jonathan has said.<\/span><\/p>\n Dr Jonathan was the Vice-President in the late Yar\u2019Adua administration.<\/span><\/p>\n The President said some achievements recorded by the administration had been reduced to mere footnotes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Jonathan spoke when the former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the late Yar\u2019Adua, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi, presented him a copy of his book: Power, Politics and Death, at the State House, Abuja.<\/span><\/p>\n The book is to be made public today.<\/span><\/p>\n The President decried a situation where Yar\u2019Adua\u2019s death became the issue \u00a0rather than records of the good work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Dr Jonathan said his former principal\u2019s death should have been treated better, noting that every human being would die one day.<\/span><\/p>\n The President praised Adeniyi for documenting the events of the last administration.<\/span><\/p>\n The book is Adeniyi\u2019s account of what transpired, especially behind the scene, during the Yar\u2019Adua\/Jonathan presidency.<\/span><\/p>\n Dr Jonathan described the book as attractive and capable of compelling critical minds to read, urging Adeniyi to do more.<\/span><\/p>\n Jonathan said: \u201cI believe this book will attract a lot of interests. I believe journalists will want to read it quickly. It makes me to remember the accounts of the Civil War. The first account that came out was My Command by Olusegun Obasanjo. The second came from Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu – Because I was Involved – an account from his own perspective.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI know that when people read this book, maybe some of the key actors will also come out with their accounts because they were involved.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Adeniyi told the President that he wrote the book because the narrative of Yar\u2019Adua\u2019s administration had been reduced to his illness and death.<\/span><\/p>\n He said: \u201cI believe that there is more to the Yar\u2019Adua presidency, of which you (Jonathan) were an integral part, than his illness and death.<\/span><\/p>\n