Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) President Goodluck Jonathan pledged a "new era" for Nigeria, days after the Election Commission declared him the winner in a vote as a major improvement from recent surveys.
The last elections four years ago was widely condemned for rampant vote rigging, violence, theft of ballot boxes and intimidation.
If by violence, reports of minors vote and logistical problems, as an observer the recent elections a improvement.
"This time, one of the differences is that local and international observers said," Yes, there are significant departure from the past ' "Jonathan said CNN."
A success world leaders declared the vote, but calls for election officials could these claims including ballot stuffing and unusually high turnout in some areas.
"This historic event a dramatic shift from decades of failed elections and an improvement in the presidential election of 2007," US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague described the vote as an "important step" for the nation.
Jonathan said vote the ushers a new era for Africa's most populous nation and its largest oil producer.
", Which should tell you that we say we will do it and this is a new era", the President said. "We are working with all Nigerians to ensure that changes are made."
Jonathan comes from the oil-rich southern part of Nigeria, a region that is majority Christian.
Parts which plunged into chaos after it turned out that Jonathan had won, mostly Muslim North charge that the elections were tampered with.
Rioters took to the streets in the North, shouting the name of General Muhammadu Buhari, a former military ruler and the main opposition candidate.
About 17,000 people fled their homes in the region as violence entbrannte, said the Nigerian Red Cross.
Jonathan appealed curfews for unity as the unrest and it provide sound alarms for the Government, the military and enforce, maintain peace.
"My brothers and sisters, we are all winners," Jonathan said earlier in the week. "In this context it is defeated no Victor and no.." "We have shown in our diversity, the progress of which remains for all celebridad Nigeria."
An investigation of the President is attributed to underway to determine the perpetrators of violence, jobless youth.
"We have been having a crisis in the North, we have been having a crisis in the South, all symptoms are the same," he told CNN. "We have a number of young people who have no source of income, we need to provide."
If no source of income, offer the Government said it will help, the youth are at risk, violence spark is paid.
He declined to go into detail on the perpetrators of violence.
He said "The Government find out formally,". "If I make some statements, I will be biased in people's minds and I don't want to accuse anyone."
Nigeria elections, staggered over three weeks, close April with the vote for Governor 26.CNN's Christian Purefoy contributed to this report.
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