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The President said development was a gradual process.
He spoke shortly after the Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Most Revd. Nicholas Okoh, conferred on him the Primatial Award of Excellence in Christian Stewardship at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The award was initially meant to be conferred on him at the just-concluded 11th session of the church’s synod, which held in Enugu but the President was absent at the event.
Jonathan however said he was satisfied that his administration was making progress in the right direction and promised that he would remain committed to improving the quality of lives of the citizens.
He said, “We have our transformation agenda. It is not something we can do overnight. Even if you have all the money in the world, if you want to build a six-storey building, you must give yourself a period that must be a time for you to complete that project.
“We have drawn our map and we have progressed. I believe we are progressing in the right direction. For you to really build a society, you need to do things that are critical and continue to do them well. And those things will now change the world that we are.
“If we take issues of economy, transport, infrastructure, those things that will improve on the economy. And if the government continues to do those things very well, it would not take a lifetime for this country to change.
“It does not take more than 10 years; most of these countries that changed, they did it within a space of 10 years and we see major changes. We will make sure the younger generation no longer experience what we are going through.”
While admitting that the country has been passing through challenges, Jonathan observed that the same scenario was playing out across the world.
Jonathan was presented with a medal, a plaque and a copy of the Bible.
Okoh described every leader as a steward under God to dispense service to those he leads.
He said the church, by the award, affirmed that Jonathan had so far shared and allocated the nation’s resources to all Nigerians fairly.
That, he said, was the essence of the award.
He later told State House correspondents that if the nation was at peace, the government would be expending the resources and time being expended to fight insecurity on more fruitful ventures.
The clergyman called on all Nigerians to give peace a chance.
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