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Nigerian Troops Will Maintain Momentum Against Boko Haram, Says President Jonathan

 

President Goodluck Jonathan and outgoing French Ambassador, Jacques-Champaque De Labriolle State House Photo President Goodluck Jonathan today in Abuja expressed confidence that Nigerian troops will maintain the momentum they have built up in ongoing operations against Boko Haram and rapidly recover more occupied territory from the terrorist group, spokesman Reuben Abati said in a statement.

Mr. Jonathan was speaking during a meeting with the outgoing French ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Jacques Champagne De Labriolle, following a visit to some recovered towns in Borno and Adamawa States on Thursday.  He said he had found them in very high spirits, and that they were well prepared and determined to successfully complete their operations.
“We have already recovered much territory and very soon our troops will clear the terrorists out of other areas not presently under our control,’’ he assured the ambassador, who had brought a congratulatory message from President Francois Hollande to Nigeria for the recent successes against Boko Haram.
The Nigeria leader also restated Nigeria’s appreciation of France’s unwavering support for Nigeria and its neighbours in the fight against terrorism.
“President Jonathan particularly commended his French counterpart for organising the Paris Summit of Heads of State of Nigeria, Benin Republic, Cameroon, Niger and Chad in May 2014 to foster greater regional cooperation against terrorism and insurgency.
“The President pledged that beyond the ongoing military campaign in the North East, Nigeria will continue to implement all agreements reached at the summit to ensure lasting peace and security within its borders and in neighbouring countries.”
He said Mr. Jonathan also seized the opportunity of Mr. Labriolle’s visit to reassure the international community of his firm commitment to free, fair and credible polls in Nigeria next month.
Ambassador Labriolle told Mr. Jonathan that France was “confident in the future of Nigeria and its ability to continue playing a huge role in Africa and world affairs”.
The ambassador also expressed delight at improved trade and economic ties between Nigeria and France in the last three years, noting that over 250 French companies are currently operating in Nigeria.

No Leader In The History Of Nigeria Has Pushed The Cause Of Womanhood Like Jonathan,' Says Christian Women’s Group

It will be recalled that the clergywomen have remained very critical of happenings in the country since the group’s inception. They had been at the forefront of the campaign against incessant bombing of soft targets by the Boko Haram insurgents, and have at different points picked up the sponsorship of victims of bomb blasts.

The re-election bid of President Goodluck Jonathan received a boost Wednesday, as Women in Clergy, a group comprising female pastors and other Christian women, threw their weight behind his aspiration by endorsing him for a second term.

 
Goodluck Jonathan

The decision of the group was disclosed by its President, Prophetess Nonie Roberson, in a statement issued in Abuja.

According to her, the women decided to endorse the president because after seeking the face of God, “we heard Him tell us that President Jonathan is the man for the season,” and added that God has not removed the mandate from the president.

Nigerian Women in Clergy is a faith-based women's organization that comprises female pastors, reverend sisters, and others who believe that the nation can only move forward through the prayers of Nigerian women.

It will be recalled that the clergywomen have remained very critical of happenings in the country since the group’s inception. They had been at the forefront of the campaign against incessant bombing of soft targets by the Boko Haram insurgents, and have at different points picked up the sponsorship of victims of bomb blasts.

Speaking on their resolution to endorse President Jonathan, the group said, “We have the mandate of God because we are like watchmen; we have sought the face of God, we have prayed and we are not ashamed to say that the scepter is still in the hands of Jonathan. Though the battle will be fierce, we are not moved by sight or what we see; we are moved by divine direction. Jonathan will come back.

“Women in Clergy is 100 percent for Jonathan,” Roberson furthered, saying that the principal reason for the decision is the fact that God instructed them to do so.

“The most important reason is the fact that God said so. Aside from that, if we are to take off our spiritual cap and put on that of intellect, he is still the best man for the job.

“Forget about the propaganda that is going on; there is no leader in this country that has affected and pushed the cause of womanhood as President Jonathan has done.

“As women, we have been able to move away from the noise about change or transformation and researched into things President Jonathan has accomplished in office and discovered that he has outperformed all those that came before him,” Robertson said.

According to the group, taking a look at where the country was when the president took over shows that the nation has made tremendous progress in the right direction.

“The nation has moved forward in a steady manner, which is better than having a Buhari who will come in and move us rapidly backward. As women, who God has set as watchmen over this nation, we will not allow that to happen. How do we support a man who wanted the office of the First Lady scrapped? We are not sure what other obnoxious laws would be made to enslave us in future. We still want to enjoy the current religious freedom we enjoy, and nobody is going to change the positive direction we have being moving [in],” she said.

On the strategy to be employed by the group in rallying support for the president, Roberson said the group has been praying, fasting, and holding night vigils for the reelection of the president.

She however added that they are not ignorant of the fact that faith without work is dead, and for that, they have decided to take the campaign to the people on the street and in the villages.

“We are embarking on a sensitization programme for women and youths, by showcasing what the president has done in the last four years.  Our tentacles goes right down to the grassroots; just yesterday, we had women from all over the states, including Borno, here in Abuja for a strategy meeting, and by next week, we shall start visiting and giving them tools in different languages. We cannot afford to go backwards because of change,” she said.

The statement reads further: “As women, who God has positioned both in the home and the church of God, we stand solidly behind the candidacy of President Jonathan, as the scepter has not departed from him; we stand in the gap interceding not to allow the scepter to be intercepted. We, Women in Clergy, are calling on other Christian women not to allow the scepter to be intercepted because we are not ignorant of the devices of the enemy.

“It has also become paramount we ask Nigerians if they truly know what change means; are we changing for the better or for the worse?
“This is a man who has come to revive the moribund rail system, a man who has come to ensure that several lands are been used for farming, he has made sure that food items prices are stabilized reasonably. What about 35 percent affirmative action? We are not just showing our support for Mr. President. We have seen with both spiritual and physical eyes that he actually means well for the country.
“The Youwin project is one of the many interventions of Mr. President on how to empower our young people. We are happy he thinks about the poor. We all know that many people are facing challenges in the country, but slow and steady wins the race.
“This endorsement is a mandate. It's to tell Mr. President that we will carefully monitor his government if he returns come May 29. We advise him to choose those who will work with him carefully as iron sharpens iron. We will be very critical of Jonathan's second term, hence he just needs people who are ready to work and make sacrifices for the nation in his cabinet and other important areas of government.
“There are several issues he needs to address in his second term. Unemployment is undoubtedly an issue, which we expect technocrats to handle. We must not allow wrong people in government as we make to return Jonathan in May. He has tried in the area of job creation, but many are still jobless. We need him to employ the service of people who are passionate about job creation
“We want him to also look at housing in FCT. Houses are very expenses in Abuja and few other states. We want him to step up in that area. We will hold him accountable if the target we will set for him is not met. People should hold leaders accountable for any failure instead of calling for their "heads" or calling for some utopian change.

“Jonathan is a good man; he is a humble man who still calls former President, Obasanjo, a father despite the name-calling by the former President. This is because he knows the value of a father. For these reasons and many more, the Women in Clergy are endorsing Jonathan for another four years.     

“We are calling on Nigerian women to go all out and collect their permanent voters cards, PVCs, as it is very important. The devil you know is better than the so-called angel of change we do not know. Women should endeavor to sacrifice the elections day, stay there with their PVCs and vote for Jonathan,” Roberson advised.

President Jonathan And The PDP Plot To Ground Airplanes, Freeze Bank Accounts Of APC Stalwarts In Order To Stop Buhari’s Momentum

In a statement issued by Garba Shehu, Directorate of Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign, he said the plot to destabilise the APC and cripple its flag-bearer, General Muhammadu Buhari, may be linked to the unsettling global attention on the party after the opposition candidate’s triumphant performance at the United kingdom’s think tank, Chatham House on Thursday, 26th February, despite futile public protestation by a PDP rented crowd in London.

 

President Goodluck Jonathan The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APCPCO) has condemned as bestial and undemocratic the dastardly plot by the Jonathan-led ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to clip the electoral success wings of the opposition APC, through a proposed grounding of aircrafts and freezing of bank accounts belonging to stalwarts of the party.

In a statement issued by Garba Shehu, Directorate of Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign, he said the plot to destabilise the APC and cripple its flag-bearer, General Muhammadu Buhari, may be linked to the unsettling global attention on the party after the opposition candidate’s triumphant performance at the United kingdom’s think tank, Chatham House on Thursday, 26th February, despite futile public protestation by a PDP rented crowd in London.
“In as much as we understand politics to be a game of wits and guts, yet the desperate way and manner the PDP and its henchmen are going is anathema, criminal and inimical to our nascent democracy and civilised human behaviour. Hence, any attempt by anyone to cripple the APC and its presidential candidate will be foiled by the citizens who have taken over the movement of change as symbolised by General Muhammadu Buhari.
 “The hint we gather from sources is that the government, through its agents, is plotting to ground aircrafts and freeze bank accounts of APC stakeholders. But history has shown that the forces of evil can never succeed against the zeal of men and women of virtue and good deeds,” said Malam Garba Shehu, Director of Media and Publicity of APCPCO.
“Information at our disposal has uncovered the ruinous plan by the Jonathan administration to use the Aviation Ministry and secret arm of the Security Service to hound and clampdown members of the APC, by prospecting obnoxious means that would ground private jets belonging to senior members of our party, in order to halt and slow down Buhari’s world-acclaimed phenomenal popularity as President-in-waiting.
“There is also a plot to block or freeze the bank accounts of APC chieftains like Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governor Rotimi Amaechi (Director General of APC Presidential Campaign Organisation), and other prominent leaders believed to be funding the General’s campaign; and availing him their aircrafts for electioneering purposes,” Shehu disclosed.
Shehu recalls that private jets conveying APC Governors, Amaechi of Rivers State and Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, were either prevented from taking-off or landing during crucial political occasions, particularly during the infamous Ekiti State gubernatorial elections that saw PDP’s Ayodele Fayose ‘defeating’ Dr Kayode Fayemi, in a most controversial “military-assisted” contest now known as “Ekiti-gate Tape.”

Jega’s Removal: More Confusion As FG Remains Non-Commital

 Abdullahi said, “With regards to Jega’s tenure, any attempt at this last minute by this government or its agency to remove the INEC chairman is a clear message that the Presidency is determined to rig the presidential election in which its sees Jega as an impediment simply because he thinks that the commission must follow the rules for a free and fair and credible election.” 

The Federal Government on Friday further compounded fears in some quarters that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, could be sacked before the general elections.

 
Prof. Attahiru Jega
In an answer to enquiries on government’s stand on allegation that the INEC boss would soon be asked to proceed on a terminal leave, the Federal Government through the Minister of Culture, Tourism and National Orientation, Chief Edem Duke, gave a rather ambiguous answer.
He said the exit of Jega from the chairmanship of the INEC would take a natural course. Duke, who is also the supervising Mtinister of Information, spoke with journalists at the headquarters of the Ministry of Information in Abuja on Friday.
While answering a question on whether the Federal Government planned to send Jaga on terminal leave before the expiration of his tenure in June, Duke said Jega would not be sacked as President Goodluck Jonathan had pledged, but added that his exit from the electoral body would be a natural sequence.
The minister said, “On the issue of the INEC chairman, I align myself with what the President said that he has no plan to sack the INEC chairman.
“That is not to say that if it is time for the INEC chairman to naturally exit his office, then the natural course of things will not take place.
“It is like saying a civil servant has done 35 years or achieved the age of 60; we now begin to say that he must not retire or he must retire. I think all of that is in the terrain of the Presidency and he has spoken. I have nothing to add to that.”
Duke added, “I will also like to say once on that issue. I recall that for several weeks now; people keep threatening the President on the shift in the date of the poll. You begin to wonder that parties have a couple of extra weeks in order to reinvigorate their campaigns and try to reach as many voters as possible. Rather than do that, you begin to identify imaginary pockets of unlikely developments and then focus your attention on them and then when you lose election, you begin to complain.”
But members of the All Progressives Congress in the Senate and the Northern Elders Forum said that they would resist alleged plot to sack the INEC boss.
The senators had on Thursday alleged that there was a fresh plot by the Federal Government to   prevent Jega from superintending over the forthcoming general elections.
The Northern Elders Forum warned against attempts to remove Jega and insisted that the elections must hold within the timeline allowed by the law.
The APC senators, led by George Akume, told   a news conference in Abuja that they heard from a reliable source that the Head of Service would direct Jega to proceed on his pre-retirement leave next week.
“We have received information from a very credible source that next week, the INEC Chairman will be given a letter from the Office of the Head of the Civil Service to proceed on a terminal leave,” they said.
The opposition senators alleged that the Federal Government was trying to use a circular from the HoS   dated August 11, 2010 to place Jega on compulsory pre-retirement leave.
They threatened to resist any attempt by the presidency to either suspend or remove Jega before the March 28 presidential election.
Some of the senators, who spoke with one of our correspondents on the issue on Friday, said they would employ legal and constitutional means to ensure that Jega conducts the next general elections.
Akume said President Goodluck Jonathan has the right to remove Jega, but could not unilaterally do so without seeking the permission of the National Assembly through a two-third majority.
He, however, said that Jonathan does not have the legal powers to suspend the INEC boss under whatever guise.
He said, “Section 157(1) clearly states that the President can only remove Jega with the vote of 2/3 majority of all senators. Under whatever guise whether suspension, retirement or voluntary leave, he cannot be removed.
Akume said, “ Section 157 (1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), the President cannot remove the INEC Chairman from office without getting approval of the Upper Chamber.
“Section 157 (1) of the constitution reads: “…a person holding any of the offices to which this section applies may only be removed from that office by the president acting on an address supported by two-thirds majority of the Senate praying that he be so removed for inability to discharge the functions of the office.”
He said, “We will resist any attempt by the presidency to sack jega for any sinister reasons. We will continue to say no to impunity and any attempt to undermine the credibility of the forthcoming general elections. We would never accept.
“We condemn what the Federal Government is trying to do. We will rise up and defend our democracy. This is the Road to Golgotha, the road to Armageddon. These people want to destroy this country completely and we will resist it.
“We are waiting for the president to bring the notice before the National Assembly and we will decide on its legality or otherwise.”
Also Senator Ahmed Lawan, (APC Yobe North), admitted that the President has the constitutional powers to remove Jega if he so wishes but that there is a procedure contained in the constitution.
He said, “The National Assembly must pass a resolution backed by two-third majority of members either giving accent to the request or not. That is the only way that the Chairman of the INEC could be removed. The President cannot do it alone.”
Senator Babafemi Ojudu, (APC Ekiti Central) said, “The President cannot suspend Jega because he has no such powers in the constitution. There is no law which empowers the President to suspend anyone who was legally appointed to occupy a position for a period of time.”
Ojudu said his colleagues were raising the alarm because the information about the plot to sack Jega was made available to them hence they would not ignore it.
He said, “We have met, and we are still going to meet over the issue. We are watching and already considering all lawful and constitutional options even pre-emptive strategies to make sure that this democracy is not truncated through Jega’s sack”
Addressing a press conference, the spokesman for the Northern Elders Forum, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, said that sacking Jega now would be a recipe for disaster.
Abdullahi said, “With regards to Jega’s tenure, any attempt at this last minute by this government or its agency to remove the INEC chairman is a clear message that the Presidency is determined to rig the presidential election in which its sees Jega as an impediment simply because he thinks that the commission must follow the rules for a free and fair and credible election.”
While lamenting that the February elections were postponed on “flimsy, clumsy and indefensible” reasons, he said the electoral body had for several months now been consistent and emphatic on its readiness to organise and conduct the 2015 elections in February.
He noted that the insecurity excuse given for the postponement of the elections must “fail because only a small fraction of the security personnel in the country are directly engaged in the fight against insurgency within the North-Eastern enclave of the country.”
Abdullahi said, “Assuming that the soldiers are needed, we need to know that of the about 180,000 soldiers in uniform only about 20,000 are currently in the North-East of the country.”
Meanwhile, most national and resident electoral commissioners have expressed their support for Jega over his readiness to conduct the polls.
They asked him to reject alleged plan by the Presidency to send him on terminal leave.
Saturday PUNCH reliably learnt that the commissioners were disturbed that the removal of Jega would erode the credibility of the polls.
One of the national commissioners, who spoke with Saturday PUNCH on condition of anonymity, said there was no way the results of the elections would be fair, if the polls were not conducted by the commission’s current chairman.
He said, “The whole world is watching us. Anyone who’s thinking about sacking Jega is not working for the interest of the country.
“Yes, there are plans and attempts at dividing us, but we need to remain resolute in this task. We should not allow anyone to put the country into shame.”
Asked if there was division among the ranks of the officers, he said it was possible as witnessed during the meetings on the postponement of the elections.
Another national officer, who spoke on the issue said, “We are all the same. There is no seniority among us. We are all national officers.”
It was learnt that not many commissioners were happy with the predicament of the chairman.
Investigations by Saturday PUNCH showed that those in this category included commissioners that supported the postponement of the elections and some who were against the use of card readers and permanent voter cards for the elections.
Jega’s term ends on June 30, 2015 but the All Progressives Congress on Thursday alleged that the Federal Government planned to send him on a three-month terminal leave starting from next week.
The chairman, who spoke to The PUNCH through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Kayode Idowu, had on Thursday said he had yet to receive any letter asking him to proceed on terminal leave.
Also, Idowu told one of our correspondents on Friday that the electoral body was not prepared to join any conversation on the chairman’s exit.
He said the commission is absolutely focused on preparation for elections. “It is the last thing on the mind of the chairman now,” he added.
An INEC commissioner, who confided in Saturday PUNCH, identified, “the move to send the chairman on leave as one of the reasons that forced INEC to shift the elections to March 28 and April 11.”

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