We’ll defeat terrorism, vows Jonathan at declaration for 2015

Tuesday, November 11, 2014 10:09 pm

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja

Jonathan and Sambo at the declaration ceremony

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday declared that he will do everything ‘humanly’ possible to end the challenge of criminal violence being inflicted on the country by the Boko Haram insurgent group.

The President who identified terrorism as one of the challenges that his administration has been confronted with said this in Abuja in a ceremony to mark his declaration to seek re-election for a second term of office in the 2015 general elections on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

The ceremony was witnessed by a mammoth crowd which includes chieftains of PDP, governors and national assembly members elected on the platform of the party and aspirants for various positions in the 2015 elections.

While making reference to the bombing incidents which claimed 48 lives at a secondary school in Potiskum, Yobe State on Monday, the President noted that lives and property of many Nigerians have been lost to the insurgency that has swept through some parts of the country in the past four years.

The President who asked those present at the ceremony to stand up to observe a minute silence in honour of the slain Yobe students lamented that though the killing has “cast a dark cloud on our Nation but we will surely win the war against terror. ”

In addition, the President also promised that the over 200 girls kidnapped from Chibok by the insurgents since April 14 will be freed.

“A number of young men and women have been kidnapped by these criminal elements including our daughters from Chibok. We will free our daughters and defeat terrorism,” the President said.

He added that the armed forces is already being equipped while special forces are also being deployed to engage the terrorist to end the war which he described as “senseless.”

” We must protect our country. We must save our people. I will do everything humanly possible to end this criminal violence in our Nation, ” Jonathan further affirmed.

The President listed the various initiatives government has introduced to mitigate the effects of terrorist attacks in North East Nigeria where the Boko Haram sect has been active.

Jonathan declares

According to him, to ensure the long term stability and development of the affected areas, government has launched three programmes which he identified as the Presidential Initiative for the North East, the Victim Support Fund and the Safe School Initiative.

“The Presidential Initiative for the Northeast is focused on improving infrastructure and economic growth in the region. The Safe School Initiative is centred on creating a safe environment to encourage our children in the communities to acquire education. The Victim Support Fund, a partnership with the Private Sector, has raised about 60 billion Naira, which will help to empower and rehabilitate victims of terror,” Jonathan explains while promising the region that government will continue to stand with them.

There is more to be done –

The President also listed his achievements in the area of infrastructure development, economy, agriculture, power, transportation, water and other sectors in the past four years affirming that he has done so much done so much in the last three and half years, but to take Nigeria to the next level, there is still more to be done.

President Jonathan who noted that history has shown that the path of honour for any true leader is not to walk away from his people in moments of challenges asked Nigerians to stand together in adversity and overcome all threats to our development.”

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New Nigerian says:

November 11, 2014 at 10:43 pm

Jonathan’s qualification for re-election
can be summed up simply as “Boko Haram”. Vote for him and choose
death, destruction and destitution. May God save you, me, all Nigerians from
this evil, May we all know that it is all in out hands to STOP Boko Haram and
other evil in the land by massively voting out Jonathan, show our presence in
all the streets of Nigeria and refuse to go home until the announcement is
confirmed that our votes have been correctly counted, and if INEC allows itself
– at the point of the gun no less – to make wrong announcement…we should all
go from all our homes in Nigera – by feet, cars, bicycle, plane,
boat…whatever it takes and chase Jonathan out of Aso Rock and let the
judiciary intervene to announce the runner’s up – who in this case is who we
all voted for in the first place. Enough is enough, Enough Nigerians, young,
old have been killed by this president who is confirmed to be tone deaf and a
megalomaniac through his militia with israeli connections as we saw in the
botched armed deals involving his messengers that includes an Israeli citizen.
We would stand for it no more! God save Nigeria and Nigerians and meet out
justice to all those who are bent on perpetuating evil against Nigerians.

We run a presidential system of Government
fashioned after USA’s political system. We aspire for Nigeria to be a trully
democratic county where the government of the people for the people by the
people should reign with liberty and freedom for ALL.

Compare – Reagan invaded Granada, another
country, to secure the life of American students who were in the hundreds.
Jonathan have been in denial for the kidnap of Nigerian students in the
hundreds by a militia he knows all about.

Jonathan should be mourning and he should
be visiting the families of the Children that have just been mowed down by his
militia – Boko Haram. At a minimum
postpone this self-declaration until the 3-day morning is over. This would have
happened if he thinks for a second about Nigerians wellbeing as president. That
is however not what this president has shown and we now know he does not have
the capacity and the milk of kindlness to be the President Nigerians need –
Some people cannot shed tears and can never be moved to action by events – call
them hard hearted, call them emotional bereft, lack of emotional quotient –
call them whatever you may, this president have demonstrated this as a leader
all these years. And Nigerians, all of us have suffered the effect of that – It
may be because he never wore shoes as a child, his upbringing or whatever, he
simply does not have it in him to be moved to action against evil and his
inactions – when he is the only one authorized to act – perpetuates evil and
may God help us to do the right thing by not forcing him to give what he does
not have, this by itself would be evil on the part of Nigerians and collective
suicide. May God protect us from that.

Jonathan’s qualification for re-election can be
summed up simply as “Boko Haram”. Vote for him and choose death,
destruction and destitution. May God save you, me, all Nigerians from this
evil, May we all know that it is all in our hands to STOP Boko Haram and other
evil in the land by massively voting out Jonathan, show our presence in all the
streets of Nigeria and refuse to go home until the announcement is confirmed
that our votes have been correctly counted, and if INEC allows itself – at the
point of the gun no less – to make wrong announcement…we should all go from
all our homes in Nigeria – by feet, cars, bicycle, plane, boat…whatever it
takes and chase Jonathan out of Aso Rock and let the judiciary intervene to
announce the runner’s up – who in this case is who we all voted for in the
first place. Enough is enough, Enough Nigerians, young, old have been killed by
this president who is confirmed to be tone deaf and a megalomaniac through his
militia with israeli connections as we saw in the botched armed deals involving
his messengers that includes an Israeli citizen. We would stand for it no more!
God save Nigeria and Nigerians and meet out justice to all those who are bent
on perpetuating evil against Nigerians, Jonathan inclusive.