Over last weekend innocent lives to be précised of 40
students of Taraba state college of Agriculture were taken in their dormitory
while sleeping by the suspected gun men of Boko Haram sect
Yet during his excellency media chat; the commander in chief
of the federal republic of Nigeria-president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on the 29th
of September 2013, when asked about the major problem of terrorism in Nigeria
by the Boko Haram sect, especially about the death of the head of the sect-Abubakar
Shakaul which became questionable when
Abubakar Shakaul allegedly said he was actually behind the ‘Tuesday Bombing;
that he is not dead, even after the videos of him being killed by some police
went viral. On this our dear President responded thus ‘’ I don’t know who is
Abubakar Shakaul, haven’t seen him, don’t even know if he is the leader of the
set, whether or not he is dead.’’ He further said that ‘’during the emergence
of the Militants, a group of terrorists from the Niger- Delta, they were
objective, when called upon to know what they really wanted; they never
hesitated to come out, agreed to negotiate with the Government and eventually
reached a compromise but it is the opposite in the case of Boko Haram sect, they
haven’t shown their faces, neither have they agreed to come bring to the
Government’s table what they actually wanted, even when an Amnesty committee was set up by the Federal Government to look
into Boko Haram, yet there have not been any feedback regarding who they really
are, what they want or how to proffer solution’’
To be honest, this response is not satisfactory. What are
you telling me……? If it has got to a point where the President is seemingly
evasive about the whole chat on the media…..
Anyways, whilst listening right back on my sit, I was
thinking………, he seems like a good man, maybe... let’s give him a break, he
might be really compassionate and is doing what he thinks is the best for the
country.
Maybe he is the right person trying to lay a different and
the right foundation so as to do away with the wrong and corrupt ones, as you
know it is not easy to build an entirely new foundation. This is evident on the
number of Cabinet Reshufflings within last month where a good number of
Ministers parted also on the media
where he said ‘’a thief is a thief, in
my tenure, I’ve made sure that the government money is not open for anyone to
steal, not to talk of getting away with the act, the agricultural sector where a
lot of fund has gone down the drain in the name of fertilizer had been
critically looked into, some huge amount of money for the purchase of
fertilizer were being squandered a particular clique In the Government. The
fertilizer don’t eventually get to the farmer as planned, even if it does, it is
to a minute set of farmers who unfortunately get sands packed to the half of
their fertilizer bags. This we have taken care of which is not very easy on
us.’’
Hope rising, he made the/our day by saying ‘’power is being
taken care of, maybe in my next media chat, power won’t be a problem in Nigeria
anymore.’’
Imagine; many businesses that will be revived, so many young
entrepreneurs that will emerge because the cost for the purchase of Generator
set and fueling/dieseling won’t be anyone’s Migraine anymore; the explosive
number of terrorists and armed robbers reduced because artisans now have a very
important tool of constant power to render good services.
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