Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF)

The establishment of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation, GJF, is based on critical reflections on key challenges of which are not uniquely Nigerian but which leaders across Africa grapple with in various forms. Namely, how best to ensure that the impressive economic growth witnessed across Africa over the past decade and a half can be more manufacturing/value-added based, more diverse, more inclusive and are able to lift more Africans/Nigerians out of poverty going forward. How public discontent about the way government and politics, including polling, is practiced can be addressed and the ensuing pressure, positively harnessed for greater citizen participation in governance and voice in shaping democratic evolution, and how democratic institutions can be made more deeply socially and culturally grounded and more vigorous and effective are other issues that need to be tackled. The central role of political leadership in ensuring sustained progress in nation-building and democratic...