{"id":383206,"date":"2011-04-20T09:16:54","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T09:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/20\/exclusive-goodluck-jonathans-hope-for-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2011-04-20T09:16:54","modified_gmt":"2011-04-20T09:16:54","slug":"exclusive-goodluck-jonathans-hope-for-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/20\/exclusive-goodluck-jonathans-hope-for-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Goodluck Jonathan&#8217;s hope for Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"105.647699428\">\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<p>Nigeria&#8217;s president greeted with violence<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Incumbent hails &#8220;significant departure&#8221; from the past elections<\/li>\n<li>New era means changes will be made, he says<\/li>\n<li>Clinton: Election marks a &#8220;dramatic shift from decades of failed elections&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Nigerians in northern states protest the results<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Are you there? <a href=\"http:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/ir-topic-stories.jspa?topicId=293965\">Share your photos and videos<\/a> with CNN iReport<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)<\/strong> &#8212; President Goodluck Jonathan pledged a &#8220;new dawn&#8221; for Nigeria, days after the electoral commission declared him the winner in a vote hailed as a significant improvement from past polls.<\/p>\n<p>The last election four years ago was widely condemned for rampant vote rigging, violence, theft of ballot boxes and intimidation.<\/p>\n<p>Though marred by violence, reports of underage voting and logistical problems, observers considered the latest election an improvement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This time around, one of the differences is that both local and international observers said, &#8216;Yes, there is significant departure from the past, &#8216;&#8221; Jonathan told CNN.<\/p>\n<p>World leaders declared the vote a success, but urged election officials to probe allegations including ballot stuffing and unusually high turnout in some areas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This historic event marks a dramatic shift from decades of failed elections and a substantial improvement over the 2007 presidential election,&#8221; U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>British Foreign Secretary William Hague described the vote as a &#8220;significant step forward&#8221; for the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan said the vote ushers a new era for Africa&#8217;s most populous nation and its biggest oil producer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That should tell you that what we are saying, we are going to do it and this is a new dawn,&#8221; the president said. &#8220;We are going to work with all Nigerians to make sure that changes are made.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan hails from the oil-rich southern part of Nigeria, an area that is majority Christian.<\/p>\n<p>Parts of the mostly Muslim north plunged into chaos after it became apparent that Jonathan had won, charging that the elections were rigged.<\/p>\n<p>Rioters prowled the streets in the north, shouting the name of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, a former military ruler and the main opposition candidate.<\/p>\n<p>About 17,000 people fled their homes in the region as violence flared, the Nigerian Red Cross said.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan appealed for unity as the unrest sounded alarms for the government, prompting it to deploy the military and enforce curfews to maintain calm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My brothers and sisters, we are all winners,&#8221; Jonathan said earlier in the week. &#8220;In this context there is no victor and no vanquished. We have demonstrated, even in our diversity, the progress of Nigeria remains paramount for all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>An investigation is under way to determine the perpetrators of the violence, which the president attributed to jobless youth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been having a crisis in the north, we&#8217;ve been having a crisis in the south, all the symptoms are the same,&#8221;he told CNN. &#8220;We have a number of young people that have no source of income that we must provide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If the government does not help provide a source of income, he said, the youth are at risk of being paid to spark violence.<\/p>\n<p>He declined to get into specifics on the perpetrators of the violence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The government will find out formally,&#8221; he said. &#8220;If I make some statements, I will be biased in the minds of people and I don&#8217;t want to accuse anybody.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria&#8217;s elections, staggered over three weeks, conclude with the vote for governors April 26.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CNN&#8217;s Christian Purefoy contributed to this report.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[Read more here|Read the original here|Read more from the original source|Continued here|Read more|More here|View original post here|More|See more here|See original here|Originally posted here|Here is the original post|See the original post|The rest is here|Read the rest here|See the rest here|Go here to read the rest|Go here to see the original|See the original post here|Read the original post|Original post|Read the original|Link|Excerpt from|View post|Visit link|Follow this link|Continue reading here|See the article here|Read this article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Nigeria&#8217;s president greeted with violence STORY HIGHLIGHTS Incumbent hails &#8220;significant departure&#8221; from the past elections New era means changes will be made, he says Clinton: Election marks a &#8220;dramatic shift from decades of failed elections&#8221; Nigerians in northern states protest the results Are you there? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-383206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Exclusive: Goodluck Jonathan&#039;s hope for Nigeria - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/20\/exclusive-goodluck-jonathans-hope-for-nigeria\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Exclusive: Goodluck Jonathan&#039;s hope for Nigeria - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Nigeria&#039;s president greeted with violence STORY HIGHLIGHTS Incumbent hails &quot;significant departure&quot; from the past elections New era means changes will be made, he says Clinton: Election marks a &quot;dramatic shift from decades of failed elections&quot; Nigerians in northern states protest the results Are you there?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/20\/exclusive-goodluck-jonathans-hope-for-nigeria\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/20\/exclusive-goodluck-jonathans-hope-for-nigeria\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Exclusive: Goodluck Jonathan&#8217;s hope for Nigeria\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-04-20T09:16:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/20\/exclusive-goodluck-jonathans-hope-for-nigeria\/\"},\"wordCount\":678,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"Business\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/20\/exclusive-goodluck-jonathans-hope-for-nigeria\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/20\/exclusive-goodluck-jonathans-hope-for-nigeria\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/20\/exclusive-goodluck-jonathans-hope-for-nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Exclusive: Goodluck Jonathan's hope for Nigeria - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-04-20T09:16:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/20\/exclusive-goodluck-jonathans-hope-for-nigeria\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Exclusive: Goodluck Jonathan's hope for Nigeria - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/20\/exclusive-goodluck-jonathans-hope-for-nigeria\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Exclusive: Goodluck Jonathan's hope for Nigeria - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Nigeria's president greeted with violence STORY HIGHLIGHTS Incumbent hails \"significant departure\" from the past elections New era means changes will be made, he says Clinton: Election marks a \"dramatic shift from decades of failed elections\" Nigerians in northern states protest the results Are you there?","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/20\/exclusive-goodluck-jonathans-hope-for-nigeria\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/20\/exclusive-goodluck-jonathans-hope-for-nigeria\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Exclusive: Goodluck Jonathan&#8217;s hope for Nigeria","datePublished":"2011-04-20T09:16:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/20\/exclusive-goodluck-jonathans-hope-for-nigeria\/"},"wordCount":678,"commentCount":0,"articleSection":["Business"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/20\/exclusive-goodluck-jonathans-hope-for-nigeria\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/20\/exclusive-goodluck-jonathans-hope-for-nigeria\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/20\/exclusive-goodluck-jonathans-hope-for-nigeria\/","name":"Exclusive: Goodluck Jonathan's hope for Nigeria - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-04-20T09:16:54+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/20\/exclusive-goodluck-jonathans-hope-for-nigeria\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}