President Jonathan made the statement while receiving a delegation of Heads of Customs from the West and Central African Region of the World Customs Organisation led by the Secretary- General of the organisation, Mr. Kunio Mikuriya.
President Jonathan said he was determined to handover a country completely free of terrorist strongholds to the President-elect, General Buhari.
President Jonathan said the ongoing operations against the terrorists has recorded huge success with two states totally free from terrorist control while operations in the third state has reached a concluding state with only in one local government that the terrorists are still present which is the Sambisa forest.
On his decision to concede victory, President Goodluck said election must be approached from a nationalistic point of view.
"Our elections should be about where Nigeria is going. If Nigeria is moving forward, it is for the good of all Nigerians. My children and grandchildren will live and grow in this country and contribute to it"
"I will always tell my colleagues to leave office when their time is up. We are trying to encourage African leaders not to remain in power as kings until death" he said.
Mr. Mikuriya commended the President for supporting the reform of the Nigeria Customs Service, noting that other African countries had already started emulating the vision, strategy, adoption to new technology and result-oriented training of officers that were captured in Nigeria's reforms.
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