Presidency of Goodluck Jonathan
Goodluck Jonathan, was inaugurated as the president of Nigeria on 10 February 2010, under special parliamentary procedures, succeeding Umaru Musa Yar'Adua who was unable to carry out Presidential duties, hence his assumption of the office. Jonathan, the People's Democratic Party nominee, was a former university professor and a Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, an oil-rich state in the South-South geopolitical zone in Nigeria. His running mate, was Namadi Sambo, an erstwhile architect and former governor of Kaduna state, inaugurated as Vice President of Nigeria later on 19 May 2010. Economic policy. The Jonathan  Administration launched the Transformation Agenda which was designed to improve the productive capacity of the Nigerian economy by increasing the level of human capital development/accumulation. SURE-P. Upon the partial removal of petrol subsidies, the Jonathan administration instituted a subsidy re-investment programme designed to spend the money saved from partial petrol price deregulation on physical infrastructure such as roads, bridges, etc., across the country. The SURE-P was also intended to improve maternal health and reduce maternal mortality.