Mr Jonathan encourages Africans to reflect on the virtues that motivated leaders like Mr Kaunda to make significant contributions to the continent.
has revealed, for the first time, how the late first President of Zambia and foremost Pan-Africanist, Kenneth Kaunda, gave accurate prophecy on his political progression by predicting 17 years ago that he would become President, at a time nobody thought that such prospect was possible.
He further urged African nations to forge functional partnerships and work towards the successful implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement to enhance development and economic freedom for the continent. “In 2006 when Kaunda had ended his visit to us in Yenagoa and was returning to Zambia, I remember seeing him off to the Port Harcourt Airport in neighbouring Rivers State. As he stood up and was about to board a vehicle that would convey him to the aircraft, he turned back and said to me, “young man, you will be the president of this country one day.”
Corroborating the former President’s assertion, the chief executive officer of Kenneth Kaunda Children of Africa Foundation, Sunday Musonda, confirmed that he was with Kaunda during the visit, saying: “I was with Dr. Kaunda during that visit to Nigeria. One point I clearly remember was when KK blessed you and said you would be President of Nigeria one day.”
“In their prime, these leaders envisioned a continent of hope where its people would be free from every guise of bondage. They committed their lives to actualising their dreams of independence for their countries. The likes of Kaunda could have opted to take sides with the oppressors and feed fat on their spoils, at the expense of the freedom of the people who were in bondage. But they chose the altruistic path of pursuing justice, hope, freedom, and good governance for their people.
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