Goodluck Jonathan talks about the death of our ledendary nelson mandela,via facebook

My dear friends on facebook, the news of
the passing of the great Nelson Mandela
to ancestorhood has left Africa and the
rest of humanity with a deep feeling of
loss. Never in recent living memory has a
leader mobilized the consciousness of
human existence to the cause of freedom
and the advancement of world civilization
as did Mandela. By his exemplary life of humility and high
inclusivity, the former president
enshrined a beacon of hope for the
hopeless and gave power to the
powerless in the world as we know it
today. He was a man who planted trees whose
shade he knew he would never
physically enjoy but was nonetheless
satisfied that the trees would provide
some shade for the living. As humanity looks into the future, the
Mandela story will remain a most
outstanding example of compassion,
forgiveness and progress. Because of the
work of Mandela and his compatriots,
humanity now looks forward to a better world in the centuries ahead. Adieu, our
leader Mandela! GEJ