President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Thursday in Abuja urged the United Nations to focus more on helping Nigeria with the rehabilitation and reconstruction of persons and communities affected by terrorism in Northern Nigeria rather than deploying an international force to the country.
Speaking at an audience with the Special Representatives of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa and Central Africa, Mohammed Ibn Chambas and Abdoulaye Bathily, President Jonathan expressed the view that UN intervention in Nigeria should not be based on Chapter 7 of the UN Charter, which relates to military enforcement of peace, but on Chapter 8.
The President said that the
provisions of Chapter 8 of the UN Charter, which recognises the role of
regional bodies such as the African Union in working with the United Nations
for the promotion of peace and security, were robust enough to tackle insurgency
in Nigeria and other African countries.
President Jonathan also told
the UN envoys that with the cooperation of neighbouring countries, the Nigerian
military had already regained most of the territories seized by Boko Haram in Yobe, Adamawa and Borno states, and had now commenced
a final push to take the last stronghold of the insurgents in Sambisa Forest.
In his remarks, Mr Chambas
commended President Jonathan for his statesmanship following the outcome of the
March 28 Presidential and Parliamentary elections in Nigeria.
He conveyed UN
Secretary-General’s personal admiration for President Jonathan’s “exemplary
leadership’’ with regard to the conduct of the general elections in Nigeria.
“We are hoping that other
African countries who are holding elections this year will learn from the good
example of Nigeria,’’ the envoy said.
Mr Chambas told the President
that the UN team was visiting countries affected by the Boko Haram insurgency
including Chad, Cameroon and Niger.
He reaffirmed the UN’s
readiness to support the on-going effort by Nigeria and other countries in West and
Central Africa to end terrorist attacks against their citizens.
Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
April 16, 2015
Can you not spell? Educated illiterate
ReplyDeleteWell, we need everything
DeleteHe is right
DeleteGEJ n misplaced priorities.... sha do n go
ReplyDeleteCorrect this I guess it should be we need help not "nead"
ReplyDeletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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I see sense in this no doubt....
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Wassup with our people in S.A? or is it until they die before u will take action?
ReplyDeleteGEJ pls don't help anyone again. The money you've misappropriated is enough. GMT will help them when he comes.
ReplyDeleteIf you say help, we know you're helping yourself to our funds.
OK, bye, baba Otueke.
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This man sef. that's why you're unable to tackle Boko Haram. The situation is simply they want war, give them war
ReplyDeleteAnd have you thought about the innocent casualties which may occur? Or you want him to jst behave like a wild animal like that ape Obasanjo?
DeleteWell said GEJ!
ReplyDeleteLinda oooo......its need not 'nead'
ReplyDeleteNoted!
ReplyDeleteIs it not too late? Lindaobserve
ReplyDeleteNa now them wan send troops??? After calling a terrorist influential
ReplyDeleteLmfaoooooooo
DeleteYu hv our support
ReplyDeleteI think we need military enforcement more because if boko haram is eradicated finally, those internally displaced people can go back to their homes, thats when rehabilitation comes in.
ReplyDeleteBecause even if you build houses and others for them and bH is still at large, they can equally destroy the structures.
Pls you I jonathan Buhari and even my dead forefathers know boko haram is about to come to an end because the person who used them as a weapon has gotten what he wants. So why should jonathan encourage them to send forces? Isn't that a waste? When they can be doing something productive.
DeleteAbi you want another Chibok embarrassment where the international community gets involved and there is no boko haram to fight?
Very impressive from President Jonathan.
ReplyDeleteGood one Presido,u tried your best just that your enemies are too much
ReplyDeleteLinda ds a popular blog mistake should not b am issue always edit Biko need" not nead
ReplyDeleteforeign troops know you are behind boko haram, and you were the one that told them to wear face mask when they wanted to douse sambisa forest with sleep inducing gas. They don't even want to come back. You now want rehabilitation of the areas you destroyed with silent genocide because you will no longer be in office to coordinate more attacks. The blood of those soldiers you wasted to please your blood sucking juju will come for you. Better believe it.
ReplyDeleteLmfaooooooooooooooo! Did you read what you wrote? What an idiot! So Jonathan DELIBRATELY sabotaged his own admin/govt?
DeletePls is this what you are categorically trying to state
Ok oo
ReplyDeleteLinda need"....
ReplyDeleteOne thing that I learned after the presidential election is, "Goodluck Jonathan is a wise man" and since then, I've been more of a Jonathanian than a Nigerian. Just Saying!
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They can assist us but that's not
ReplyDeletetheir responsibility.
Did he say it was? Did you read what he said AT ALL? As in even the slightest bit? Running to comment before u read. Olodo
DeleteOhhhhh GOD! This failed man should just keep is opinion. Just start preparing ur ass to get out from dat aso rock.linda abeg shame no dey catch dis ur hero?
ReplyDeleteNot at all.
Delete#true coz I mean cme on the victims r suffering badly.
ReplyDeleteGo rest jooor
ReplyDeleteGEJ is too smart, I wish Buhari knows that Americans are so selfish and other foreign countries just waiting to fake out oil and indirectly rule this country, only if they know
ReplyDeleteMTN WORK ON UR STUPID NETWORK HERE IN WUSE2 ABUJA I CAN'T USE THE INTERNET IT'S FREAKING SLOW FOOOOOLS! !!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLinda, where you going to say we need help?
ReplyDeleteWats dis man hiding I think he has a hand in boko haram and d truth will surely come out
ReplyDeletePlease can you people actually stop being so fucking stupid for once? Like please? I am actually begging. Just stop. I'm beginning to think this stupidity is deliberate and even beyond deliberate
DeleteAs much as Jonathan was never really a smart leader, this particular thought of his is probably the best opinion he has ever put out publicly. The truth is that we must never allow foreign troops touch down on Nigerian soil cos that would spell doom for our nation. Nigeria has got all it takes to destroy the bastard boko haram insurgency...the only thing that had/has been lacking is proper government will and leadership to crush those idiots.
ReplyDeleteGod Bless the federal republic of Nigeria. Amen.
Well said, Oga Jona, you have tried. Linda take note!
ReplyDeleteWell said, Oga Jona, you have tried. Linda take note!
ReplyDeleteWell said. Mr president
ReplyDeleteLinda realy whatsl is wrong with u and all ur typos? Pls get an assistant and if it's ur assistant writing crap.. kindly fire him/her. God bless
ReplyDeleteWith all due respect sir...shut up....wetin you no get courage do na now you wan do am? Lol olodo man
ReplyDeleteYou sound like the olodo because he made sound sense. Sorry if you can't comprehenc
DeleteNd I wonder y u didnt apply ur advice truout ur tenure...oga, u av expired!! Simply accept dat nd stop lukin for relevance
ReplyDeleteIs today not April 16th? Abi NA you use winch bring may? His time hasnt expired. Jonathan is STILL the president as of now. Just relax all you thirsty APC folk.
DeleteDo mind them vampires..always intervening when they are not needed,it's now u people know that we need foreign troops...Vultures
ReplyDeleteOf course, when they have seen Buhari they think they can easily manipulate. They didn't even bother trying it with Jonathan.
DeleteLinda please tell GEJ to honor some of his facebook followers before he hand over. Even me. That will be a Every good legacy.
ReplyDeleteDear President and your cronies with all due respect, YOU need help more than the boko haram ravaged areas, more of the psychiatric variety. Please tell us is it now you know boko haram exists?
ReplyDeleteYou neglected this problem for over 6 years and it is now you're behaving like you have a conscience. Because you didn't intervene in a timely and robust fashion large areas of north eastern nigeria were ravaged and countless of lives lost not to mention the damage to property, livestock and the meagre barely existent livelihoods of large numbers of people. Now you tell us help is needed? No shit!
You are the most widely disrespected and insulted President this nation has ever seen and rightly so, if you want to mainatian any modicum of respect as you leave, please keep a low profile till May 29, the nation is beginning to hate you in addition to feeling sorry for you
Lol! You sound so stupid, i couldn't help but laugh at your stupidity
DeleteNEAD? REALLY?
ReplyDeleteHay Linda , there's notin like nead its need .aiit??? Lolzz 😘😘😘
ReplyDeleteWell said
ReplyDeleteWell said
ReplyDeleteSo na nw wen we don solve our prblm finish they knw say they one send plp. Foolish plp
ReplyDeleteIt is now dat Oga Jona is beginning to act Presidential.
ReplyDeleteInteresting.
I disagree to some extent, we still need help with military intelligence and its obvious combating and completely eradicating BH from our country is a little too much for our military even though they have done a fantastic job so far, I still believe we can do with some help in that area. On rehabilitation and development, come on FG!! you mean to tell me we cannot afford to re-build a couple of villages and rehabilitate people that do not live in affluence? haba !!!!! we are looking for loan again, we are begging for hand-outs again, reduce the size of government and spend money meant for Nigeria on Nigerians!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhen you rehabilitate and reconstruct the affected areas and its bombed within a twinkle of an eye, what happens next?
ReplyDeleteTraining, weapons and with the help of other west African countries, BH will be eradicated.
Well said my President but at this stage, you should rest your nerve and allow the President Elect to take care of these things when he comes into office
ReplyDeleteOlodo,won't you deal with the problem causing the ravaging first,you want to rebuild so they can destroy again.think of building better refugee and human displacements camps before saying nonesense
ReplyDeleteYour ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value.
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