On 28th June, 2024 the former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan while speaking during the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Yenagoa Law Week 2024 with the theme: “The Legal Profession in a Time of Socio-economic Uncertainties in Yenagoa, represented by the Nigerian lawyer and first-class monarch in Bayelsa, King Collins Daniel, revealed that socio-economic uncertainty was not a new phenomenon in human race because after the First World War, the world also suffered from economic hardships as a result of economic depression, and Nigeria was not also left out in the economic hardship.
According to THISDAYLIVE, the former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said "Socio-economic uncertainty is not a new phenomenon in human race. After the First World War, the world also suffered from economic hardships as a result of the economic depression which occurred about 1929/30. Nigeria was not also left out. Between 1984 and 1987 there were also economic challenges in Nigeria under General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida’s administration, which led the Federal Government to introduce an economic recovery program called the Structural Adjustment Programme, codenamed SAP. The country experienced scarcity of essential commodities, and the citizens suffered severe hardship."
Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said that the legal profession had credible, intelligent men and women, advocating for the common good and better life for the good citizens of the country. He also emphasized that one good thing about the profession was that it discussed current challenges and created fora for intellectual engagements always.