Since taking office in the freest and fairest national election in Nigeria’s history, President Goodluck Jonathan has worked to further enhance democracy and freedom of expression in Nigeria.
Under President Jonathan’s leadership, Nigeria has made consistent progress in improving the standard of elections to ensure that they are credible and truly representative of the people’s free choice.
President Jonathan has also worked tirelessly to improve the country’s human rights record and set an example for other African nations.
Achievements:
- Initiated the National Conference to deliberate and make recommendations on resolving Nigeria’s current political and socio-economic challenges.
- Strengthened public watchdogs including the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
- Actively fostered collaboration with human rights leaders and other civil society activists on constitutional reform.
- Implemented the recommendations of the report of the independent electoral reform commission chaired by a revered former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Mohammed Uwais.
- Reconstituted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and appointed as its chair, a highly respected university professor and human rights activist, Professor Attahiru Jega.
- Ensured that INEC was made financially independent and its commissioners were not required to belong to political parties.
- Fostered a competitive electoral system by refusing to deploy the instruments of federal power to determine outcomes of elections in Nigeria, as had been done by previous administrations.
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