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- President Goodluck Jonathan vows to combat terrorism.
- The President also urges youths to shun acts of thuggery and vote for credible candidates.
While speaking on the 2nd convocation ceremony of the Nigeria Turkish Nile University which held yesterday, June 22, in Abuja, Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan urged the youths to shun politicians who would approach them with negative offers to pull acts of violence and instead vote for credible and worthy candidates in next year's general elections.
The convocation ceremony also saw the Governor of Yobe State, Alhaji Ibrahim Geidam and the Director-General, State Security Service, Ekpeyong Ita, awarded with honorary doctorate degrees.
In a speech delivered by the Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, Suleiman Bagoro, who represented the President said:
“I would like to point out especially to our youths that the general elections are fast approaching; this calls for responsible engagement and participation.
“While encouraging you to vote for credible candidates of your choice, I urge you to shun all invitations to political thuggery or acts that can undermine free, fair and credible elections”.The statement also said that the Federal Government is determined to combat terrorism and added that the insurgency in Nigeria was intended to destabilize the nation.
“These are trying times for our country occassioned by the challenge of terrorism. Innocent lives are being wasted by some people who have chosen to undermine our cohesiveness as a people.
“They will not succeed. We are determined to win this war and win back peace which is prerequisite for our development”.
“Our aim in government is to address comprehensively, the challenges facing all sectors of education. We must move the focus from the mere acquisition of certificates to the development and application of skills for which individual students are best suited,” added the President.
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