Have you been wondering why our amiable president was named Goodluck? The
answer has been revealed in his authorized biography..According to his mother,
Madam Eunice Aye Jonathan….
“Madam Eunice recalls that there was nothing special about the day on which
Goodluck was born in Otuoke. His birth was however very easy compared to her
other experiences with childbirth. She recalled, “I often had prolonged labour
during childbirth, sometimes for up to a wee, and because of this, I usually
had still-births. But when it was the turn of Goodluck, I delivered him the
very day I started having labour pains. This surprised me”.
“Apart from this, Eunice, did not regard the day as extraordinary.
According
to her, the people of Otuoke went about their duties as usual. No dramatic
event occurred. Perhaps, the fact that nothing special happened was indeed
significant and the truly important event was his birth.
“ I called him Goodluck because although life was hard for me when he was
born, I had this feeling that this boy would bring me good luck.” His paternal
grandmother, Sarah, also declared that her grandson, in his adulthood, would
shake the world the same way ‘king’ Azikiwe was doing at the time.”
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