by James Sambo

President Goodluck Jonathan says the terror reign of Boko Haram insurgents have diverted the attention of people from his administration’s numerous achievements.

Jonathan made the statement on Thursday, January 22, during a courtesy visit to the Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Rilwan Adamu, during the presidential rally of the Peoples Democratic Party.

The president said his administration had worked hard to justify the massive support he got from the people during the 2011 general elections, while assuring Nigerians that the Federal Government would soon end the Boko Haram insurgency.

The President said: “When we moved round in 2011, we got massive support from you and since then, we have been working hard to justify your support. Insha Allahu, we will also succeed this time. The unfortunate Boko Haram excesses are taking attention away from our numerous achievements.”

“Everybody wants security, everybody wants to be safe and to be able to move freely. I am therefore assuring you that we will bring the situation to a reasonable degree and will eventually end it very soon.”

“We have worked very hard to improve agriculture and ended decades of fertilizer scam. We want Nigerian farmers to crop three times a year. We are thinking of different options to fully diversify our economy due to the fall in the global price of oil and Bauchi is one of the states we will tap into its solid mineral potentials.”

Kolapo Olapoju