President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday assured Nigerians that everything possible would be done to ensure that the abducted Chibok school girls are freed and reunited with their families.
According to him, government is constantly reviewing mechanism to curb insurgency, calling for the understanding cooperation of the citizens.
The President who spoke during the celebration of 2014 workers’ day at Eagle Square, Abuja, also insisted that the perpetrators of Nyanya bus terminus bomb explosion that killed over 75 people must be apprehended and made to face the law.
President Jonathan said, “The recent atrocities by terrorists particularly the Nyanya Motor park bombing of mainly working class citizens as well as the cruel abduction of some innocent girls, our future mothers and leaders in a very horrific and despicable situation in Borno state, is quite regrettable.
“The government is constantly reviewing and upgrading mechanism to curb this mindless act and together, with the cooperation of the citizenry, we shall triumph over all this evil that want to debase our humanity or obstruct our progress as a nation.
“Those who want to re-write our history negatively will not be allowed to do that.
“Those who want to re-define our country to be seen as a country of chaos will never succeed.
“We will continue to work hard to ensure the security of our people. We must find our missing girls and for this act of terror in Nyanya that led to the loss of lives of our people, the perpetrators must be brought to book.”
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Abdulwahed Omar, expressed displeasure that our security agencies seem to be making no progress regarding tackling insurgency.
Omar lamented, “We do not need any one to tell us that we have a serious situation on our hands.
“The war on terror does not seem to be going on well at the moment. Our security forces despite gallant efforts have suffered reversals, taking direct hits in their critical asset areas, raising concerns about their capacity or willingness to win this war.
“We are not unaware of the complexities of a war of this nature but we demand better initiative and more commitment”.
The occasion was attended by representatives of trade unions, ministers and top government officials, including the FCT Minister, Bala Mohammed.
