President Goodluck Jonathan today said most politicians in the country were not meant to be in politics, but turned to politics because they had nothing to do.
Jonathan said this while speaking at the Aso Rock Villa Chapel, in response to a sermon by the Primate of the Anglican Church, Nicholas Okoh, during the post-pilgrimage thanksgiving tagged “What Shall I Render To God.”
The primate had earlier on in his sermon accused politicians in the country to be unforgiving.
During his remarks, President Jonathan said “The chaplain accused us politicians that we do not forgive, or that some politicians don’t forgive. Apparently the Bible said this, but politicians are the people who forgive.”
“Politicians are those who forgive because in politics, whether local politics or national, you don’t have permanent friends or permanent enemies but permanent interests.
“If somebody is your enemy today and there is a change of interest and A becomes your friend, first of all, you have to forgive otherwise you cannot have a friend that you cannot work with.
“But politics is just like some kind of trade. More than 50 per cent of us who are into politics are not supposed to be politicians.
“For example, in the profession of nursing and teaching, people with wicked hearts and unforgiving spirit are not the kind of people who should be nurses or teachers, but we find them there.
“So, most of us who are in politics are not supposed to be there but because we have no other thing to do. So, if you see a politician that cannot forgive, he is an impostor,” Jonathan concluded.