•Says he was forthright
on security, power
on security, power
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has thrown it’s weight behind
President Goodluck Jonathan for his “forthrightness” on national issues,
especially the Boko Haram insurgency, in his interview with CNN on Wednesday.
President Goodluck Jonathan for his “forthrightness” on national issues,
especially the Boko Haram insurgency, in his interview with CNN on Wednesday.
The party, in a statement by it’s National Publicity Secretary,
Chief Olisa Metuh, said the president was absolutely right when he declared
that the Boko Haram phenomenon was not a product of misrule or poverty but a
local terror group.
Chief Olisa Metuh, said the president was absolutely right when he declared
that the Boko Haram phenomenon was not a product of misrule or poverty but a
local terror group.
It also agreed with the president that there has been tremendous
improvement in power supply in the country under the current dispensation.
Dismissing the insinuation that poverty is the reason behind the rise of the
Boko Haram insurgency, the PDP argued that poverty is not a recent phenomenon
in the country and therefore could not form the basis of the sudden wave of
criminal attacks on innocent victims, most of whom live within the poverty
bracket. “The President is right and we fully align with him on his position
that Boko Haram is not a product of poverty or misrule as some people are
suggesting.
We agree with him that it is a local terror group. “There have
been successive regimes before this administration but this insurgency
increased the same way terrorist activities are escalating in other parts of
the world at this time.
been successive regimes before this administration but this insurgency
increased the same way terrorist activities are escalating in other parts of
the world at this time.
So, it is clear that some people are out to perpetrate acts of
terrorism in Nigeria to create a semblance of insecurity as it obtains in other
troubled spots of the world”, the party said. The PDP also said it believes in
the efforts by the administration to ensure the security and welfare of
Nigerians in line with its manifesto and mandate.
terrorism in Nigeria to create a semblance of insecurity as it obtains in other
troubled spots of the world”, the party said. The PDP also said it believes in
the efforts by the administration to ensure the security and welfare of
Nigerians in line with its manifesto and mandate.
Source: National Mirror
