Innovator says Ex-President Jonathan inspired inventors

Nathan Tamarapreye, Yenagoa

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), of a leading electric automobile firm in Nigeria, Zeetin Engineering, Mr Azibaola Robert, says that former President Goodluck Jonathan inspired inventors with a motivational atmosphere and policies.

Robert noted that Jonathan’s activities as related to innovation and entrepreneurship could be likened to that of God in Nigeria and the entire African continent.

Robert stated this on Saturday while expressing gratitude to dignitaries who graced the occasion of the obsequious of his late octogenarian mother-in-law, late Ma. Egoyinbo Emesua, in Kolo town, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa.

He described Jonathan, as peaceful to a fault, noting that the ex-Nigerian leader was a pacesetter in the peaceful transition of political power in Africa.

Robert, who served as one of the aides to the former president is pioneering the manufacturing of Nigeria’s maiden electric cars and other automobile components in Africa through his firm located in Abuja.

The late Emesua passed on at the age of 81.

Speaking to newsmen shortly after the interment of the late octogenarian, Robert urged the people of Ogbia, the former President’s kinsmen to continually thank and appreciate God for enabling them to produce and have Jonathan.

He noted that it is a blessing to have a former President who is from their tribe, noting that the ex-president’s name opens doors for people.

He said: “Jonathan is like a god to Nigeria and the entire African continent because of his peaceful outlook and the enduring legacies he left behind as former president of this nation, especially pioneering peaceful transition of political power in Africa.

“Goodluck Jonathan’s name opens doors for us as a people. If they don’t know us as a tribe in Nigeria, for example when you tell anyone that you’re from former President Jonathan’s tribe, ‘Ogbia’ doors are instantly opened for you.

“Even after leaving office, he has continued to preach peace in Africa and beyond. I see God taking him to higher places in the future. Something tells me that God isn’t done yet with the former president Goodluck Jonathan,” he said.

Similarly, the Zeetin Engineering MD/CEO has described his late mother-in-law as the best any son-in-law could have.

He noted that his late mother-in-law during her lifetime was content with whatever she had, saying that her fear of God, humility and industrious lifestyle had specifically endeared her to him and all those who met her while alive.

In his exhortation, the officiating guest clergy, Rev. Nwosu C.A, of the Victory Baptist Church, Obinze, Owerri, taking his message from the book of Philippians 3:12-21 described the ‘living’ as strangers in the world.

He warned that people should be mindful of how they live and treat each other.

According to him, after death, all would give an account of how their lives were spent in the world they live in, hence people should be cautious of their behaviours while still alive to avoid the wrath of God at eternity.