At Presidential Precinct, Challotsville, US, President Jonathan Honoured as 'Hero of Africa' ...Advocates Sustenance of Democratic Principles on Continent

At Presidential Precinct, Challotsville, US, President Jonathan Honoured as 'Hero of Africa' 

...Advocates Sustenance of Democratic Principles on Continent


Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, who arrived in the United States yesterday as a guest of the Presidential Precinct, Challotsville
Virginia, where he was honoured as 'Hero of Africa' has assured the international community that African leaders are displaying more commitment to democracy and good governance, as a
means of engendering sustainable development and improving the lives
of the people.

President Jonathan, who arrived at the institute accompanied by a
delegation from the Nigerian Embassy in Washington, also advocated the
readiness of Nigeria and Africa for the sustenance of democratic
principles, peace and people-oriented governance.

He was received by, Chairman of the Presidential Precinct Board, Francois Baird.
The Presidential Precinct, a foremost global institution designed to
empower the next generation of leaders, is currently hosting Jonathan
for his role in Nigeria’s smooth democratic transition, especially
with the seamless handover of power from the ruling party to the
opposition.

At the Presidential Precinct breakfast, Jonathan was
received by former Governor of Virginia, Jerry Baliles, and
Baird.
His hosts described him as a ‘Hero of Democracy’ in Africa, a nation
builder and sustainer of true democratic principles and good
governance.

While in the U S, Jonathan is billed to be hosted by other
strategic US pro-democracy institutions where he would be sharing his
experience on peaceful and transparent elections as well as the future
of Africa’s democracy.

The Presidential Precinct is a consortium uniting six American
landmark institutions-four of America’s most important historic
sites and two of the country’s most outstanding public universities.

These include the College of William and Mary (America’s second oldest
university), the University of Virginia, William Short’s Morven, and
the homes of three founding Fathers- President Thomas Jefferson’s
Monticello, President James Madison’s Montpelier and President James
Monroe’s Ash-Lawn Highland.

President Jonathan has hit the international circuit lately, with last’s week’s appointment by Commonwealth to lead negotiations for the resolution of the political stalemate in Zanzibar, Tanzania, coming as his latest high profile assignment. It followed his leadership of the Commonwealth Observer Group (COG) to last month’s Tanzania general election which came as an affirmation of the former president’s towering status as the moral face of democracy and transparent election in Africa.