Former President Goodluck Jonathan is still badly missed by Ebonyi people despite leaving office since about one and a half years. His 2015 campaign posters are still displayed in markets in Ebonyi State, including the over 70-year-old Abakaliki main market, Punch reports.
Speaking to the newspaper on Thursday, one of the traders, Celestine Chikodiri, said the traders resolved to retain the posters “as a show of love for the former President”.
Chikodiri said, “We like the way Jonathan ruled us; his government was good, we like the Jonathan administration more than the present government and it is why we decided to leave the posters in the market because we are missing him.
“If you look around the market, you will not see campaign posters of any presidential candidate other than Jonathan’s own.
“The Jonathan administration will not be easily forgotten; things were moving smoothly, our businesses were flourishing, civil and public servants were patronising us,’’ he said.
He said Jonathan is a true democrat for conceding defeat in the 2015 presidential election, saying it was another reason the traders have not removed his campaign posters. Chikodiri called on politicians to emulate him.
Also another trader in the market, Mrs. Nwode Angelina, who spoke to Punch, said the current hardship being experienced in the country has shown that Jonathan was a good ‘husband’ to the nation.
“Today, everybody has seen that he tried for the nation and I am not surprised that his campaign posters are still littering our market.”
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