{"id":9372,"date":"2019-05-01T13:55:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T13:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=9372"},"modified":"2019-05-01T13:55:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T13:55:55","slug":"why-goodluck-jonathan-travelled-to-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/why-goodluck-jonathan-travelled-to-south-africa","title":{"rendered":"Why Goodluck Jonathan travelled to South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former president, Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday traveled to South Africa to lead the 2019 Election Observation Mission of the South Africa\u2019s national and provincial elections.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan, who arrived Johannesburg airport early Wednesday morning, made this known on his official Twitter page.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote: \u201cI arrived Johannesburg early this morning to lead the Election Observation Mission of the @EISAfrica to South Africa\u2019s national and provincial elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The elections is meant to elect a new National Assembly and provincial legislatures in each province and it will be held on 8 May 2019.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the sixth elections held since the end of apartheid in 1994. 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