President Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigerians of a safer
and happier 2013, as measures have been put in place to checkmate the scourge
of terrorist attacks across the country.
The president, in a remark during the year-end Church
service at the Ekklisiyar Yaruwa a Nigeria (EYN – Church of the Brethren in
Nigeria), Utako, Abuja, on Sunday, December 30, told the congregants that the
Federal Government has not only changed its strategy on the anti-terror war, it
has also come up with fresh measures to curtail attacks by the Islamic sect.
He said some of the fresh measures had started yielding the
desired dividends, adding that the government would do everything possible to
ensure that the activities of the Boko Haram do not cause inertia in governance
in the New Year.
“Boko Haram planned to carry out a lot of attacks on
Christmas Day, but we suppressed their plans during the Christmas holiday and
most of their plans were not executed because of the strategies put in place by
the security agencies, which aborted their efforts.
“Although we still recorded some incidents, but the extent
of attacks which they had planned, we did not allow them to execute them.
“Boko Haram will not push us backwards. If their plans were
to stop government from providing the dividends of democracy, they would not
succeed because 2013 will be a good year for Nigerians and Nigeria.
“With your persistent prayer we shall defeat them,” he said.
The president expressed appreciation to the clergy and
congregation of the EYN nationwide for keeping the faith and remaining calm
even in the face of provocation.
The President was at the service with his mother, Madam
Eunice Ayi Jonathan; his Chief of Staff, Chief Mike Oghiadome; the Executive
Secretary, Christians Pilgrims Board, John Kennedy-Opara; Senator Philip Aduda
and some presidential aides.
Source: Nigeria First
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