TOP BREAKING NEWS: NIGERIA DECLARES WAR ON TERRORIST.

NIGERIA DECLARES WAR ON TERRORIST.

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan of Nigeria has declared on Thursday (TODAY) in Windhoek, Namibia, that the Federal Government of Nigeria shall no longer treat the terror groups in Nigeria with kid gloves.

The Amiable President of Nigeria made this disclosure at bilateral talks with his Namibian Counterpart President Hifikepunye Pohamba, at the Conference Hall of the Namibia State House.
Mr. Goodluck disclosed that his administration had decided to be more forceful in curtailing the activities of the Boko Haram group that was unleashing terror in some of the states of the North-East region of Nigeria.

The President solicited the support of his Namibian counterpart and other global leaders in stamping out terrorism in Nigeria and Nationwide.

We recall that through the activities of the dreaded terrorist sect Boko Haram, issue of global terror is not only worrisome but has heighten further by the sect as (Boko Haram) operating several successive serial killing attacks as its strategy and the killing of thousands of innocent Nigerian Christians, school children, security agents, public institutions and Government officials in the Country and through their daily successive use of borders, in and out of Nigeria has become for them a safe haven for their deadly activities.

we believe that a terror attack anywhere in the world is a terror attack on everyone. It may be more in one country compared to the other; for instance, in the North-Eastern parts of Nigeria, three states out of 36 states, we are having incidence of terror incessantly said Mr. President

Initially, we tried handling it with kid gloves, but now we have decided to be a little more pro-active and forceful because we must thrash out these terror groups said President Jonathan. We must not allow it to continue to slow down economic growth in that part of the country. With the terror attacks in that part of the country, the rest of the country feel it because Nigerians live everywhere in Igbo, Hausa or Yoruba land. Even among the Minorities, there is always the fear that if you do not tackle it, it will infiltrate in these other parts. We will work together to ensure that terror attack is stamped out in Nigeria and globally, we are committed, Mr. Jonathan declared.

It has been in the books that Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the death of thousands of people since 2009.
Mr. Jonathan thanked Mr. Pohamba for Namibia’s support to Nigeria in its election as a non-permanent member of the UN and use the occasion to call on the UN super powers to see the need to restructure the UN Security Council by making it democratic in allowing other continents, including Africa, to have membership.
Obviously, the president like his Namibian Counterpart Mr. Pohamba said that Africa should be given at least two seats in the UN Security Council.

I also believe in your philosophy that if by God’s grace, the UN Security Council will be restructured, that is, if the super powers will allow it to be restructured, Africa should be considered at least for two positions to represent the interest of African people.

I have always advocated it that we cannot talk of democracy when the strongest institutions globally are not democratic but dictated to by one country alone. If we must practice democracy and emphasis that all countries must be democratic, the need to start from these powerful UN institutions that all parts of the globe must have a say UN is a basic-requisite,” he said.

Mr. Jonathan underscored the need for African leaders to promote intra-African trade for jobs creation and the development of the continent. He called for the consolidation of the regional economic blocs for economic integration, saying, “If we can consolidate the regional economic blocs to become solid, then, we can integrate the economic blocs before going to political integration. I always believe that our founding fathers in the days of OAU and their vision was for Africa to become a single big continent.

I remember the late President of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, his dream was that political boundary should collapse for Africa. But we believe that it is good to envision that kind of development, but first, we must consolidate the regional economic blocs,” Mr. President said.

He also reiterated the need for Africa to add value to its raw materials products like, solid minerals, farm and forest produce.
President Goodluck Jonathan congratulated Mr. Pohamba and the people of Namibia on the 24th anniversary of the country. Acknowledging that looking at the circumstances through which Namibia attained independence, the event was worth celebrating.
The president recalled that Nigeria and Namibia under the leadership of SWAPO were united in the front fight for the liberation of Namibia and the Namibian People.

Mr. Pohamba had said that his country would forever remain grateful to Nigeria for its contribution and sacrifice toward the attainment of Namibia’s independence.” He stressed the need for the two countries to focus on industrialization and economic sustenance, particularly in the area(s) of agriculture, tourism and mining.

Mr. Pohamba, specifically underscored the need for both countries to harmoniously and jointly exploit their marine resources and water transportation for import and export benefits. He said that Namibia was the third most popular nation in Southern Africa; and the mining sector was the second contributor to its GDP.
After the bilateral talks, the two leaders entered a closed door meeting which lasted for about an hour before coming out to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
While, Eleven MoUs were jointly signed by relevant ministers of both countries, the MoUs included Training of Namibian Foreign Relations Officers at the Nigerian Foreign Service Academy, Agreements on Youth Development and on the Waiver of Visa Requirements for Citizens of both parties holding Diplomatic and Official Passports.
Legal Field, Extradition Treaty, Bilateral Air Service Agreement, Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters and Technical Cooperation Agreement for the provision of Volunteers Health Professionals in Namibia under the Technical Aid Corps were also signed.
These MoUs also includes cooperation in the Fields of Geology, Mining, Mineral Processing and Metallurgy, Trade, Tourism, Economic Cooperation and Investment.