Metro 6 Funny Names Nigerians Called Former President Goodluck Jonathan

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Former Nigeria's President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan left office on May 29, 2015 after he conceded defeat to President Mohammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress. It was the first time a sitting President would lose an election in Nigeria. Dr Jonathan has been hailed as Nigeria's peaceful President, with the manner he relinquished civilian power to Mohammadu Buhari, a tough ex-military commander. But Dr Jonathan's administration was not without flops. He was considered 'weak' owing to his inaction on certain issues of security and national importance in his administration. They called him names and tagged him.

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The look of things in President Buhari's one year old administration have made people say he is no different from Dr. Jonathan, if the latter not even better. They have also called him names. But below are some of the funny names Nigerians referred to the erstwhile president.
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1. Jona-Daft: The former president was called by this name because of his 'cluelessness' in handling national issues.

2. Zoologist: Former Goodluck Jonathan holds a B.Sc in Zoology, which he attained Second Class Honours from the University of Port Harcourt. He was often addressed by this name, and most times lashed to return to the zoo to be the Commander-in-Chief of animals.

3. Ogogoro President: This name was popular among Nigerian social class who have one time or the other dined with him. They say former Mr. President relax himself with some alcohol drinks.

4. Shoeless President: This is one of the names the former president was tagged. He was once quoted as saying; ''In my early days in school, I had no shoes, no school bags.' He said this when he declared his intention to contest for the presidential primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in other to fly the party's flag in the 2011 elections alongside Vice President Namadi Sambo. He stated this to describe his story of how he moved from grass to grace.

5. Stealing Is Not Corruption:
This is one of the names that was widely circulated in Goodluck Jonathan's administration. Dr. Jonathan in a Presidential Media Chat said: “There is no corruption but mere stealing in Nigeria”. This statement got on the nerves of many who felt the President approves of gross corruption in his cabinet.

6. Badluck Jonathan: This is also one of the popular names Nigerians called the erstwhile President. His name Goodluck was changed to Badluck because of the ugly situation in his administration, and that consequently ousted him out of office.
 
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