Just a day after the death of about 48 School Children by a suspected suicide bomber at a School in Potiskum, Yobe State, Nigerians were not caught abark when today 11Nov. 2014, the Incumbent Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan made a public pronouncement of his bid to run and serve a second term come 2015 general elections. Late last month, the president picked his party nomination form of N22 Milllion claimed to be supported by donations from concerned Nigerians. In a rally today in Abuja, the Federal Capital City of Nigeria, the President responded to cheering supporters saying " after listening to the clarion call of Nigerians, I have accepted to present myself to serve a second term" Nigeria being one of the largest Oil producer in Africa has been governed by Dr. Goodluck Jonathan since 2011, being a Southerner from one of the Oil rich States in the country, understanding the dynamics of governance growing from being a Vice President to President after the death of Late President Musa Yaaradua. Talking about series of attacks by the five year old Boko Haram terror group and its negative impact in the Nigerian economy both home and abroad, the president said " the terror group had cast a dark cloud over the country" promising that the over 200 School girls captured in Chibok " will be freed and terrorism will be defeated in our country. Notwithstanding, amidst his greatest rivals are the former military ruler of the APC party , Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar under the Obasanjo Administration. Aside from the Boko Haram saga, the president attested to the fact that corruption also is a cankerworm bedeviling the nations development hence promising o prosecute corrupt officials |
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