Abati said Jonathan was concentrating on his Transformation Agenda and not future elections
Browsing: President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
Jonathan, according to a statement by his media aide, Dr. Reuben Abati, noted that Nigeria and Venezuela have traditionally enjoyed close and cordial bilateral relations
President Jonathan is being criticised by the opposition for purportedly nursing a presidential ambition in 2015 even when he is alleged to have promised to do only one term
The ACN said in order to buttress its point on the abuse of the SURE-P funds, most – if not all – state coordinators for President Jonathan’s campaign in 2011 are also the current state coordinators for SURE-P, adding that this is not a mere coincidence but a well-orchestrated attempt to give the Jonathan campaign an unfair head-start ahead of 2015 – with public funds
To strengthen that shame on Northern elites, the likes of Aminu Masari (who ate from the palms of former Governor Peter Odili, Nuhu Ribadu, Professor Ango Abdullahi (a former University don) as well as some former members of the Nigerian Armed Forces who are now stakeholders of the Northern Elders Forum, have also lend their voices to the call for Amnesty for the Islamist extremist movement that has killed more than 400 Christians through bombing of churches, straight-faced slitting of the throats of Christian faithfuls while they attended church programmes etc
Jonathan said: “I will want to especially draw your attention to the ongoing reforms aimed at our nation’s rapid economic development
“What is going on right now gives the picture of a government that is floundering and justifying the unjustifiable
The amnesty that was granted to the Niger Delta militants should not in any way translate or equate to same for the Islamist fundamentalist. The agitations of the militants then, to some extent, was germane, save for the violence
However, a few, blind to the moral odium inherent in the pardon of Alamieyeseigha, may argue that Jonathan acted within the powers vested in him in Section 175 (1) (2) of the Constitution and cite past beneficiaries, including Obafemi Awolowo and Odumegwu Ojukwu, as credible references. These claims ring hollow
The President said the barbaric incident will not deter the Federal Government from its strong-willed determination to overcome those who do not mean well for the nation
Addressing a joint press briefing with the visiting Lebanese President, Michel Sleiman, at the State House, Jonathan said he had briefed his visitor, promising to get to the root of it and recover their copses if truly dead
The PDP members reportedly shot dead were Alhaji Ibrahim Usman Gula, the Zonal Vice Chairman for Southern Borno; and Hajia Gambo, the PDP Woman Leader, Shehuri Ward in Maiduguri
“I promise you that we will continue to do our best because I do not want to hand over polio to the next administration,” President Jonathan told the delegation, which also included Chief Jonathan Majiyagbe, the first African President of Rotary International
The memo for the proposal, to be presented by the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, will be for Nigeria to issue $1 billion Eurobond, $100 million Diaspora bond, and N80 billion Federal Government bond
In presenting their demand for amnesty for the Boko Haram, Professor Alkali said “even if it is one person who came forward to call for peace, he should be received with open arms and reintegrated into the wider society
A breakdown shows that N436 million fee was paid for West African Examinations Council, N46 million for National Business and Technical Examinations Board while N238 million went to schools’ heads for logistics
A statement by his spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, said Jonathan has also pledged the Federal Government’s full support for “COMMIT”– the new United Nations initiative, which calls on leaders worldwide to take a stand to end violence against women and girls
He stated that the inauguration of the prestigious prize for leadership at this period in the history of the nation was timely and auspicious as the objective of the prize coincides with the administration’s emphasis on transformational leadership, as a means of national resurgence, under the national Transformation Agenda
According to him: “We talked of what contribution can be made by the Commonwealth in the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals
Jonathan charged the current leadership of the service to ensure that the tenets of the restructuring are carried out to the letter