Wow... President Jonathan Drops The Bomb! A MUST READ!!!

 

President Goodluck Jonathan just killed it in his statement published below.

Just two days after ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo took another swipe at him by renewing his (OBJ’s) membership of a clique of some unnamed “elder statesmen” in the country who behave like motor park touts and make unpatriotic, inflammatory statements because they lost out in some power games, President GEJ berated them for trying to set the nation ablaze.

The President spoke at the State House, Abuja when he received a delegation of the Northern Elders Council (NEC) led by Second Republic Presidential Adviser, Tanko Yakassai.

This is A MUST READ… His words:

“Let me reassure you again and again that (in) this present administration, I am working with your sons and daughters, we will not exploit any part of this country. We will not cheat any part of this country.

“For what you have been doing, we thank you. Carry on in the interest of our nation because without unity as a nation we cannot do anything. Without peace we cannot develop.

“And your commitment to ensure we live in peace and harmony that is what citizens especially our senior citizens should do just like you have been doing.

“Some people call themselves statesmen but they are not statesmen; they are just ordinary politicians. For you to be a statesman, it is not because you have occupied a big office before but the question is what are you bringing to bear?

“Are you building this country or are you a part of people who tell lies to destroy this country; to create enmity and make people who ordinarily would have been living together to fight themselves?

“Are you planning to set the country ablaze because you did not get that particular thing you want? At the appropriate time, Nigerians will know all of us even though I know most of you know us but the younger ones do not know.

“Some people are hiding under some cloaks, some big names and creating a lot of problems in this country, making provocative statements in this country; statements that will set this country ablaze and you tell me you are a senior citizen.

“You are not a senior citizen. You can never be. You are ordinary motor park tout because if you are a senior citizen you will act like one.

“It is not because of the offices we occupy; it is by divine grace and providence that some of us occupy these offices. But what role are you playing to build this country?

“So, let me not go too far. Let me again join the Vice President in thanking you for the leadership you are showing and be rest assured you that we will continue to work and protect our people and make sure all Nigerians live in peace.”

“I feel sad that our younger ones are beginning to see Nigeria as if we are so divided, a Nigeria that a Muslim and a Christian cannot sit down together. I was told that even the driver of Tafawa Balewa was a Christian. Our people lived together in those days, why not now that we have even modern ways of life,” he lamented.

I DO NOT HATE THE NORTH:

“Some people say Jonathan hates the North, I have heard that statement and I used to ask Namadi Sambo, they say I hate the north but you are here. I asked the National Security Adviser and my Principal Secretary the same thing.

“In fact, my Principal Secretary (Hassan Tukur) has been my friend since I was the deputy governor, I never knew I was going to come here as Vice President, not to talk of President.

“My Chief Detail, Yusuf, from Borno State has been with me since I was a deputy governor in Yenagoa and I see him as a good person and I have carried him along with me. So I had to ask how can somebody wake up and say I hate the North?”

MISLEADING PUBLICATIONS:

“Today, I saw a publication in Daily Trust showing projects that have been awarded by the Federal Government – the ones for the North East very small, South-South very many.

“I had to make photocopies and distributed to all the ministers and I asked, ‘is it true this is how projects are skewed by this government because somebody wants to play politics? Because I am a President from the South I have taken all the projects to the South?

“And I said all the ministers must come up and tell me how the projects are being distributed across the country and if they are skewed, you must tell me why it is so.

“One of the ministers incidentally is from the North, she is in charge of Water Resources, said that publication cannot be true because the Kashimbila Dam alone, the value is more than the amount quoted in that paper.

“This is to show you how mischievous Nigerians are because you want to paint Jonathan bad, with all of lies that have been told about this government.”

NORTH ENDORSED POWER ROTATION:

“It was indeed the North, in its characteristics culture of fairness and equity that endorsed the principle of power shift which brought about the Presidency of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and your humble self.

“It behoves on us as Northerners and indeed all Nigerians to continue to respect the principles and sustainers of democracy in Nigeria.

“Northern Elders Council believes in peaceful co-existence and extension of hands of fellowship to brothers and sisters from the other side of the nation. It is unpatriotic for anybody to instigate people against any person or peoples because of a temporary gain.

“Politics of insult, blackmail and castigation of individuals shall not take this country anywhere. We therefore believe in peaceful co-existence among Nigerians and by working together shall we move the country forward.”