President Goodluck Jonathan has assured. Jonathan gave the
assurance yesterday in Ile-Ife when he dropped in to pay homage to the
Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade, on the way to the Peoples Democratic
Party campaign rally in Osogbo.
The president vowed to rid the
country of insurgency and other forms of criminality, saying that his
government is building a strong security infrastructure to deal with the
country’s security challenges.
He said, “There are certain things we
should have done as a government, but because of the situation in the
country, we have not been able to do many of them. The kind of
embarrassment we are receiving now - will never continue in this
country.
“We want to build a very strong Army, Nigeria Police, Navy,
and the Air Force so that these rascals called Boko Haram will never
stop us because we will surely rout Boko Haram. We are very committed.
“In the next few months, no criminals will ever embarrass us again - in this country.”
The
president assured Oba Sijuade that if the PDP candidate won the
election in Osun, the federal government will bring development to the
state.
Earlier, the monarch had while welcoming the president said
both Osun State and the South-west needed federal government's presence
the region’s core sectors.
“For instance, in the agricultural sector,
cocoa farming, which is the mainstay of the economy of South-west,
deserves better attention. In the aviation sector, it would be
appreciated if the ongoing upgrading of the Ibadan airport is completed.
In the transportation sector, it is high time our railway system was
expanded to link the South-west with the South-east through Akure, Owo
and Benin,” Oba Sijuade said.
Jonathan also paid homage to the Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Olanipekun.
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