Browsing: Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan

The Minister of Information, Senator Patricia Akwashiki, disclosed the position of the Federal Government on the sack of Abba on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council meeting

“People are more important than power and Mr. President, my good friend, I am not surprised about what you did and I wanted to congratulate you, congratulate the Nigerian people and congratulate the president-elect

Reacting to APC’s allegation, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Aliyu, Israel Ebije, said the WDP funds are intact, well utilized and records of disbursements and grassroots-based projects are available for public scrutiny

Sources within the party and government told our correspondents that President Jonathan was disturbed that despite giving campaign coordinators, ministers, special advisers, close aides and friends, support groups and traditional rulers over N2 trillion in cash, most of them could not deliver their polling booths and local governments

Jonathan explained that the funds would be channelled towards improving the quality of infrastructural and personnel developments and other teaching and learning facilities in the public institutions

He said in spite of the fact that the President’s tenure would end soon, he was magnanimous to point out some anomalies in the bill that necessitated him to (Jonathan) to withhold his assent

He said: “Yes, the letter contains far reaching constitutional issues that must be debated by the Senate as regards their plausibility to the President’s decision, but since the senators have no copies now and since the Senate Committee on Constitution Review had already swung into action with their two-day retreat on the subject matter for the needed way out, there is no need for any general debate now

President Jonathan believes that the late Prof. Tamuno, who was also a seasoned administrator, former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan and notable public servant, will be long remembered and honoured for his very significant contributions to national development over several decades

The Presidential Media aide also said that President Jonathan did not hold any meeting with the Independent National Electoral Commission officials or any other official involved in the elections as alleged by the APC

“But see how President Jonathan just doused the tension. Even those who would have taken up arms to defend him were surprised. So, now that the President has shown he is a peaceful man, the PDP too should allow peace to reign. It’s by peace that Nigeria can achieve its potential. Whatever part they want to play in this new dispensation, let them play it peacefully

The President issued the warning through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, at a news briefing with State House correspondents in Abuja

All over Africa, you hardly have any leader leave office the way the Nigerian president is doing. They fight and cause wars and chaos. Mr. President’s was an example to be emulated and commended. It has given Nigeria a good name in the comity of nations and left footprints for us younger ones to follow when we become leaders of tomorrow

According to him: “I, the APC and my entire campaign organization congratulate the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, on his success at the polls

Buhari said: “Some unfortunate issues about my eligibility have been raised during the campaign. I wish to state that through devotion to this nation, everything I have learned and done has been to enable me to make the best possible contribution to public life. If I had judged myself incapable of governing I would never have sought to impose myself on it. I have served in various capacities and have always put in my best

Abubakar, who led members of the National Peace Committee for the 2015 General Elections to the State House on Tuesday, spoke with State House correspondents after the meeting

But this followed an initial tension earlier in Otuoke, Bayelsa State as the Card Readers appeared to be failing.

The Convener of the group, Hon. Achor Humphreys, said the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Canada Chapter, who is a mortgage investment expert, Prince Michael Daramola, has assured the President that the job would be created in the next five years

Jonathan said he refused to abandon the project, which suffered a hitch at a point in its construction in 2009, because he wanted to ensure that Nigerians were provided with adequate power to run their businesses

The relief of President Goodluck Ebele “Azikiwe” Jonathan’s exit from the nation’s top job would be profound in many ways. If he loses, it would mean that the nation’s participatory democracy has attained some appreciable level of liberal maturation

“But this is about the future, not the past,” he said as he outlined the ambitious infrastructure development programme being put in place by the administration of Jonathan