“I worked for next generation fought corruption without making noise” - Jonathan

While speaking to a packed crowd of students and intellectuals, on the theme “Promoting Youth Entrepreneurship”, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan responded to inquiries by some of the students regarding his administration’s fight against corruption.

Jonathan has thrilled a crowd of intellectuals and students while speaking at the Oxford Union of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

The former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that his administration fought corruption in the country without making noise about it. Jonathan said this while speaking at the Oxford Union of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom on Monday.

Mr. Jonathan said he would not like to “interfere with the legal processes” because “several matters are pending in court”. However, he said his administration did its best to reform the anti-corruption agencies to enable them function effectively.

“We reformed the institutions and introduced various mechanisms to stop the corruption problems in our country without publicity,” he said.

Using his Twitter handle, the former president paid glowing tributes to Nigerian youth and said “any Nation that does not spend its wealth and resources to develop the capacity of its youth, will be forced to use them to fight insecurity.

“As a leader, you can decide through your policies to educate the youth, or face the consequences of failing to do so.”

Mr. Jonathan also said his administration put in place some youth related policies, which, he said, helped grow the Nigerian economy.

“Under my watch, Nigeria was projected by CNN Money to be the third fastest growing economy in the world for the year 2015.

“While serving as President of Nigeria, I worked for the next generation and not for the next elections. I have no regrets for what I did,” Mr. Jonathan said.