President Goodluck Jonathan |
President Goodluck Jonathan says those involved in the
bombing of churches in Niger State, the United Nations building and the
Police headquarters in Abuja have been arrested.
The president disclosed this at the New Year service held at the All
Saints Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion; Wuse, Zone 5, Abuja. He described
the Boko Haram terror attacks, kidnapping in the south east and armed robbery
as momentary challenges, promising that his administration will overcome the
issue of terrorism in the country.
President Jonathan also assured Nigerians that his
administration would continue with the drives for employment creation by
encouraging the private sector and entrepreneurs to grow.
In his sermon, the Primate of the Anglican Communion,
Nicholas Okoh, said Churches all over the world was celebrating the naming and
circumcision of Jesus Christ as well as the New Year. Speaking on the theme, circumcise your
heart, Most Reverend Okoh urged Nigerians to have a positive change of heart.
Meanwhile, the Action Congress of Nigeria has told the
Jonathan’s administration to take governance more seriously in 2013, to ease
the hardship his government has imposed on Nigerians. ACN National Publicity Secretary, Lai
Mohammed told Coolwazobiainfo Political Editor, Georges Macnobleson that since the
country's return to democratic rule in 1999, the year 2012 ranked among the
worst years for Nigerians.
He said
having ambushed Nigerians on January 1st 2012, with a fuel price hike, the
Jonathan administration had ensured that everything went downhill until the end
of the year.
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