Goodluck Jonathan and electoral reforms as focuses of his administration. He stated that he came to office under "very sad and unusual circumstances". On 18 May 2010, the National Assembly approved Jonathan's nomination of former Kaduna State governor, Namadi Sambo, for the position of Vice-President. On 15 September 2010, Jonathan announced on Facebook that he had decided to run for public office on his own for the first time, in the race for the presidency of Nigeria in 2011. In the contest for the Peoples Democratic Party nomination, Goodluck Jonathan was up against the former vice-president Atiku Abubakar and Mrs. Sarah Jubril.
Association of National Accountants of Nigeria a fake West African Examinations Council (WAEC) certificate dated 1980. It was said that when ICAN discovered the fake, Dikko abandoned an attempt to become a fellow of ICAN and instead opted for ANAN membership. These allegations were later proven false, and the police declared Dikko's accuser Olajide Ibrahim wanted for making false allegations. In October 2010 President Goodluck Jonathan spoke at the Annual National Conference of ANAN. He challenged his audience to champion transparency and fight corruption by refusing to allow manipulation of accounting records and processes for corrupt purposes. The ANAN donated a research center to the Nasarawa