President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday affirmed that his first name had brought some good luck to Nigeria, despite the security challenges in some parts of the nation.
Jonathan stated this while
granting an interview to a 10-year-old Nigerian girl based in California, USA,
Miss Zuriel Oduwole, on the sideline of the ongoing 21st ordinary session of
the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Africa Union, holding in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Miss Oduwole who was said to have earlier spoken with some other top African leaders is currently working on a documentary on the union’s 50 years of existence.
In the interview, she had asked Jonathan how much his first name had brought to Nigeria.
He said, “Traditional societies attach some values to names. That is why people select good names for their children.
“In the scriptures, sometimes, when God sends you on some special assignment, he could even direct, ‘change the name of this child from this to that.’
“But the name in itself does not make much difference because even from my village, there is one of my peers that also answers Goodluck. Another one that is a little older than me answers Lucky from my small village and I didn’t see the good luck and lucky in them.
“In terms of bringing my name to bear in Nigerian affairs, within this period, we have our challenges. Of course, you are aware that we have our security challenges. But in spite of the security challenges
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