Awww how sweet! First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan recently shared the secret to her maintaining her 21-year marriage to her husband, President Goodluck Jonathan, and the qualities that first made her fall in love with him.
During an interview with City People, Dame
Patience revealed that she first met the love of her life while she was
a student at Rivers state College of Education where she was pursuing
her Nigerian Certificate of Education (NCE) and B.Ed, and he was a
lecturer at the college’s Department of Biological Sciences.
Here are some excerpts:
On the qualities that first attracted her to Goodluck Jonathan
“My first impression
of him was of a tall, dark, handsome young man. I also found that he
came from a good Christian home just like I did. His humble and gentle
disposition caught my attention and most importantly, his intelligence.”
On the secret to sustaining her 21-year marriage
“Both of us are from
Christian homes and our complete trust is in Jesus Christ. We pray
together as a family every morning. What keeps us together is that we
are each others best friends and soul-mate. We discuss everything that
comes up and advice each other accordingly. We depend on each other. We
do not let the sun set on our grievances.”
The article also reveals how President Jonathan became attracted to his wife:
…Of his students, a young
beautiful light-complexioned lady caught his (Goodluck) eyes. What
further drew him to Patience then was that her native Okrika name
Ebifaka, shortened as ‘Faka’ was same as that of his field assistant,
Faka who usually brought him crab specimens from the riverine Okrika (in
Rivers State) for his M.Sc. thesis. Patience’s physical attributes
weren’t the only traits that endeared Jonathan to him. She was studious
as a student and was conscientious in her academic work.
The couple has 4 children: A son Arewera Adolphus, Daughters Aruabi and Abayola and Faith Sakwe-Edwards, their foster daughter who had got married in April.
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