Speaking at the Fourth Annual Presidential Breakfast Prayer at the State House Banquet Hall, Jonathan said the meeting was held principally to pray for the victims of the numerous Boko Haram attacks across the country
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This was just as the party called on President Goodluck Jonathan to warn some of his aides such as his Special Adviser on Political Matters, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, against causing disaffection in states of the Federation through their comments and actions
But surprisingly, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors were schemed out of the meeting as it was attended by the PDP governors and their counterparts from the Labour Party, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko and APGA’s Wille Obiano
It is unfortunate that a meeting as important as that of the meeting of National Security Council at this trying moment is reduced to a partisan statu
The Conference, which will consider several reports from the ECOWAS Commission, Council of Ministers and ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council, will also be addressed by the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations to ECOWAS as well as the President of the African Union Commission
He said that the Federal Government had decided to be more forceful in curtailing the activities of the Boko Haram group that was unleashing terror in the some states of the North East region
The group had alleged that some South West leaders had sent in the list of 15 nominees from the region to represent it at the forthcoming national dialogue conference
“This presidency is definitely dazed from its own failings, the collapse of the party that sired it and the opprobrium being poured on it daily by Nigerians who are grossly disappointed at its woeful performance and clear lack of direction
Reacting to the development, President Jonathan commiserated with Soyinka and his family
Jonathan, who made the call at the funeral service of late Chief Solomon Lar in Jos, Plateau State, said that political parties were only platforms to contest elections
Ministers in attendance included Labaran Maku (Information); Abba Moro (Interior); and Bala Mohammed (FCT)
In a statement issued in Osogbo, Osun State on Friday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party expressed serious concern over the allegations that the Jonathan administration is training snipers at the same facility where the Abacha killer squad was trained; talks of abuse and misuse of the military and other security apparatus for personal and political interest; as well as the reported placing of 1,000 people under a ‘political watch-list
For me, I believe that politically, it was in the best interest of Nigeria that you, a Nigerian from minority group in the South, could rise to the highest pinnacle of political leadership
“We expect that given the fact that these are Federal Agencies they should respect the law, moreso when it has to do with tax obligations”, adding that whether Federal or State or Local Governments, the common denominator is the welfare of our people
Adeyeye, who said he was worried that elders like Junaid Mohammed could be threatening bloodshed over the exercise of the constitutional right of by a citizen of Nigeria, added that; “Nigerians, especially northern leaders should call Junaid Mohammed to order before he further throws Nigeria into chaos
Jonathan told the meeting: “In 2014, we must not lose this momentum, but rather broaden our interventions to address other difficult issues like the high cost of financing in the country, and the dearth of adequate skills
Other prominent Nigerians who congratulated the Super Eagles for the feat on Saturday evening were the President of the Senate, Senator David Mark; the Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole; a former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu; and Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki
Iyayi died in a road crash in Lokoja, Kogi State on Tuesday.
He was on his way to Kano for the National Executive Committee meeting of ASUU
While the players were each given a cash reward of N2 million, the Head Coach, Manu Garba, got N3 million
Others who sent out early congratulatory messages to the Golden Eaglets included the Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan; the Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole; and a former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Kalu