President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said the Boko Haram crisis had helped to boost the capacity of the security agencies.
He spoke at a pre-centenary national praise and thanksgiving service at the Banquet Hall of the State House, Abuja.
Jonathan assured Nigerian that the country would move forward, saying God must have a reason to allow Boko Haram crisis in Nigeria and not attack from external forces.
He said: “”Looking at our challenges sometimes it gets us to despair and we begin to think that is this country moving? Are we going to be weighed down by these enormous challenges? But I can assure you that with your prayers, Nigeria must move on.
“Because we have challenges now, leaders of these security services are now thinking about how to build capacity in terms of training, in terms of equipment. Maybe God has a reason for even using ourselves to challenge ourselves. These are coming from within and not from outside. Had it been the challenges we are having are coming from outside, it would have been an embarrassment.
“Probably, God wanted us to learn in a bitter way. Even with our challenges, our country is moving forward.”
President Jonathan said there is no nation that has not faced challenges in its development.
Recalling the Sweden experience, he said: “There is no nation from the beginning and getting to where it is without challenges. I remember in 2009 as a vice- president, I stayed in Sweden, they hosted us to a dinner and when we were talking, they said they were celebrating 200 years of not fighting wars. Two hundred years ago, they were always fighting wars. They would be sleeping and people would invade and start killing people just like the Boko Haram is doing now.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Yes Mr president it has also exposed our weakness as a nation in term of combating serious security challenges, and how impatient we are with ourselves in
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I hope the Nigerian govt will it take upon themselves to improve and overhaul our security system. Thankyou Mr president.
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ReplyDeleteI dare say that it exposes a lot of things. Sadly, all the things exposed are evil. The incompatibility of our great entity, although this is relatively at the level of the commoners, the localization of problem; the Bokoharam issue was never considered as a national issue nor is the problem of Niger selta militancy nor the armed robbery in the south east e.t.9
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