Politics
HISTORIC MEETING OF DEMOCRATIC VISIONARIES: GOODLUCK JONATHAN GCFR AND DAVID BONAVENTURE MARK GCON.
25 September, 2025.
Today in Abuja, Nigeria witnessed a symbolic moment in its democratic journey as two of the most outstanding statesmen of the Fourth Republic—Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR and Former Senate President, Distinguished Senator David Bonaventure Mark, GCON, who today serves as the National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC)—came together in what many political observers describe as a meeting of visionaries.
This historic reunion goes beyond friendship; it revives the memory of a political partnership that once saved Nigeria’s democracy and led the nation into one of its most progressive eras.
When President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua passed away in 2010, Nigeria was thrown into uncertainty. The constitution was silent on succession in such delicate circumstances, and the nation risked sliding into a constitutional crisis. At that moment, Senator David Mark, as Senate President, rose with wisdom, courage, and patriotism. It was under his leadership that the National Assembly invoked the historic Doctrine of Necessity, a move that formally empowered then Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to assume office as Acting President, and later substantive President. This singular act did not only save Nigeria from constitutional collapse, it stabilized governance and reassured citizens and the international community that Nigeria’s democracy was alive.
Thereafter, Jonathan and Mark forged a mutualistic leadership that brought Nigeria stability and progress. Jonathan, as President, and Mark, as Senate President, worked hand in hand to strengthen democratic culture, deepen peace and tolerance, and build an economy that became the largest in Africa by 2014. Together they nurtured reforms in education, agriculture, and youth/women empowerment, while demonstrating that leadership is at its best when executive and legislature cooperate in the service of the people.
Sadly, in 2015, the APC government rode into power on a wave of deceit and propaganda. Nigerians were promised “change,” but instead were delivered hardship. Immediately after taking power, APC deliberately dismantled the legacies of Jonathan and Mark—destroying their reforms, wrecking the economy, weakening institutions, and allowing insecurity to spread unchecked. The result has been years of untold suffering, mass unemployment, hunger, and hopelessness.
But Nigerians are now awakening. The mistake of 2015 must be corrected in 2027. Under the tested leadership of Senator David Mark as ADC National Chairman, the African Democratic Congress has become the true alternative—a people-centered movement to reclaim Nigeria’s stolen glory and restore hope to our nation. The ADC shall rebuild the economy, restore security, empower youth and women, and return democracy to the people.
The Abuja meeting of Jonathan and Mark is not just a reunion of friends; it is a signal to Nigerians that redemption is near. It is a reminder that Nigeria has leaders of vision, integrity, and courage who have once delivered progress and can once again inspire a new national rebirth.
-Rt. Comr. Tyoluga P. F. M. Wuhe.
Regional Cordinator,
ADC Party Media Frontiers, North Central Nigeria.