President Goodluck Jonathan has said the north has more resources than his native Niger Delta.
Jonathan spoke in Abuja yesterday during an open-door meeting with leaders and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the North-West zone.
He said the Niger Delta has only oil, but that the land is not good for farming.
However, he said the North has the best agricultural land, from the “green savannah to the Sudan Savannah to the Sahel Savannah to the Mambila Plateau area, we’ve the best ecological zone and this is where the resources are.
“The solid mineral is there. Let’s just work together and you will see how much we can transform the economy of this country that will benefit all of us.
“Our strength is in our diversity, not in the oil. There are small countries that produce more oil but nobody hears about them. The oil we’ve in Nigeria is very small. If you divide the oil you’ve by your population, you’ll know you’ve nothing.
“For anything that happens in this country the whole world is shaken, why? Because of our diversity, and these are areas we must exploit to our maximum advantage. What we should be talking is the next 100 years and I believe then, we’ll not be talking about north and south. We’ll be talking about who is going to the moon, who is manufacturing what?”
He accused his critics for not thinking before criticising his administration.
He challenged them to compare what his administration had done within two years and eight months to all other administrations in the country and outside.
According to him, “There is so much noise in the media whether is electronic and newspapers or even social media. Sometimes, it seems as if the world is coming to an end. At times when they come to me with some of these things, I smile and say from 1959 down, the story hasn’t changed. Some people call themselves progressives. They’ve done that before. Did they change the system? Today, if you can abuse Jonathan, you’re a progressive, if you can attack the federal government, you’re a progressive, even if nothing is happening in your state, you’re a progressive. We’ve seen the progressives.
“By May this year, we’ll be three years old and by May 2014, we’ll be four years old. And I challenge some of those who criticise without thinking to compare what we’ve done in the two years eight months with that of any other administrations in this country and outside.”
Jonathan also boasted that the PDP would remain the ruling party in the country despite the series of defections it had suffered, adding that some were dumping the PDP for another party they did not know.”
“Nobody should come and deceive you to cross over to the other side that you don’t know what is there. Some people are crossing to where they don’t know.
Jonathan also said that his administration is not against the north.
The president described the allegation that his administration was against the north as a political blackmail.
“Sometimes people say Jonathan is anti-north, he doesn’t want to develop the north, and sometimes, they sell these ideas to people from outside, especially those from the United States of America. You Nigerians believe the West must say something for us to listen.
“I often use myself as a good example. I grew up in a peasant home; if I did not go to school there is no way I would have been here today. What has made me to be here today is education. They said I’m lucky. If I didn’t go to school, will luck bring me to be president of Nigeria?”
He said if he were against the North he wouldn’t have set up nine universities and the Almajiri schools, assigned N10 billion from the ecological fund to tackling desert encroachment and approved N14 billion as intervention fund for some states in the north. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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IBB,,BUHARI,ABUBAKA,ADAMU CIROMA,,And The Rest Who Have Kept The North In Abject Poverty And Darkness Are Still Deceiving Them...
ReplyDeleteWhen You Hear Them Talk You Think They Love The North But They Are After Their Self's And Family.... They ve deprived Them Of Education just to put them in chain Physically,Spiritually And Mentally... WHAT A PEOPLE..
i agree wit u Emex, those our so called northans elite hmm only God wil judge us
DeleteYes, i completely agree with mr president because man depend on food 4 his/her survival.ONE NAIJA
ReplyDeletewhat a wrong speech again from me president. He said and l quote
ReplyDelete"The oil we’ve in Nigeria is very small. If you divide the oil you’ve by your population, you’ll know you’ve nothing" and "For anything that happens in this country the whole world is shaken, why? Because of our diversity, and these are areas we must exploit to our maximum advantage". What about all the embezzled money and the just $45bn NNPC lost money alarmed by CBN if population is bigger than the oil we produce? What has happened and which diversity government has done apart? An answer to be provided by Mr President.
This is a clear statement of people with no VISION and has nothing to offer. Someone with vision and has something to offer PLAN within the time he has NOT 100 years. what happens to the 7 point agenda? Vision 2020?
lt borders me a lot if president of one the country rank among the oil producing country in the world could say these statement.
Dare, you are leaving in the past. Your mypioc reasoning and affliation to the opposition has blinded your senses to realise that the$45b was not missing but was just an alarm by one of the agents sanusi of the north. So please be current
DeleteTrue talk bros JONA. My zone- The North Central has the best soil for Agriculture. In my state alone ( Benue ) we can produce enough food to feed the Nation.
ReplyDeleteThe whole north is POOR bcos, our "leaders" are WICKED, GREEDY and CORRUPT. If they had played their part in the development of the region we'll not be looking up to the South for anything.
Emex, pls there is no such word as THEIR SELF in English language, rather its themselves. I thought U had a formal Education or is it "market or business" Education U have?
Have a nice day. MUMU!
oga jona u can only decieve urself and some few empty skulls like mr and mrs emex,ngbeke,nkita nweke,madtosky and enzin and there likes but for majority of us, knew very well dat u re not only an enemy to the north but the worst enemy that the federal republic on nigeria ever produce. u can listen to ur lousy and foolish talk,it‘s ur education that make u the president not luck, if i may ask. are u the only and most educated person in this country? and what is even ur educational and moral level as compare to some responsible, reasonable,gently and highly respected nigerians that where not even opportuned to hold the office of a local govt chairman not to talk of the presidency. so, oga jona i advice u to go and give thanks and praises to the ALMIGHTY GOD for making u an opporturnist that u re,for been among those that rule this great country call “NIGERIA“ and stop that ur “MUMU and DRUNKEN MASTER“ talk. In everything about life,after the neccessary requirement. Luck,destiny and divine intervention is highly needed in every man‘s life. What a MUMU talk from a MUMU MAN with MUMU SURPPOT from his MUMU COHORTS and his MUMU SURPPOTERS!
ReplyDeleteWy are anti government,try to be polite
DeleteWy are u anti government,try to be polite
DeleteOga tarauni talk well because in my country Naija we no get qualification for politics at all Sam Sam , but where my presido lookam say chief General ova seer Baba Iyabo come put you for that place oga jona nobi education rara. And wen oga jona dey look for this presido in no tell dem say book oooh, jus dey follow baba dem for body nawaoooo mutum sai Allah. Nagged maka kaji Buba
DeleteThis Tarauni no get anything upstair he must be a cow and BH family
ReplyDelete@Tarauni: By ur comment alone, u only showed the world how selfish u can be.
ReplyDeleteur sick
ReplyDeleteTAURANI INA TARE DAKAI.
ReplyDeleteMumu
ReplyDelete@Taurani- the bush man from a bush LGA in a BH infested KANO state. I'm not surprised at Ur shallow sense of reasoning, bcos even the most EDUCATION malo man reasoned as a SHEEP. As a result of the blood thirsty religion U guys practised. Take it or leave it, U IDIOTS from the NORTH are the architect of Ur PROBLEMS. MUMU, EWU, BOKO HARAM yet U're using devices made by studying the same BOKO that is Ur HARAM.
ReplyDeleteanonymous how do u mean i‘m selfish, and for anonymous2 if i be cow den u na “pig“ u be a very dirty 1 for dat matter. Anti tarauni beta carry ur time oo.
ReplyDelete@ Anonymous. Is Sanusi one of the agent from the north or CBN governor? Well, if the money was an alarm by one of the agent of the north as you said but NNPC has claimed recently that the missing money it is $10.8bn not $45bn and was spend on subsidy. And l quote "The Group Executive Director, Finance and Accounts Directorate, Mr. Bernard Otti, stated that the sum in question had been expenditures incurred as part of the statutory responsibilities which the NNPC executes on behalf of the Federal Government.
ReplyDeleteHe said, “The $10.8bn is made up of the following: subsidy claim, $8.49bn; pipeline management and repair cost, $1.22bn; product/crude oil losses, $0.72bn; and cost of holding the strategic stock reserves, $0.37bn.”"
Firstly, am not anti government and l have never been one. Every leader is responsible for an ACCOUNTABITY which Mr. President is not exempted. It is our resources and Nigerian have the right to demand for Accountability from Mr. President because those resources lies Nigerian FUTURE and his generation.
2014 budget has said it all about the type of government we have. A government without VISION.
Madtosky. You are free to express urself in ur local dialect
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