President Goodluck Jonathan said this at a cocktail he hosted at the Presidential Villa for members of the diplomatic corps resident in the country.
Jonathan said “We are confronted presently with a situation in Mali. Let me assure you and the global community that as a nation we will work with other nations to make sure that the problem in Mali is solved”.
The president also appreciated the support of other countries towards helping Nigeria combat local extremism and terrorism.
He thanked the diplomats for the yuletide greetings from their governments to him and thanked them for their messages of condolences in the out-gone year, regarding various tragedies including floods, local terrorist activities, air crashes, and his younger brother’s death.
The president announced that the cocktail will now be regularly held at the beginning of every year.
He said that he looked forward to building such friendship and understanding.
The president stressed that his vision is to have prosperity spread to every part of Nigeria and to build a just and fair nation where peoples’ wishes will be respected especially through the ballot box.
Earlier, the Acting Dean of the Diplomatic Corp and the Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Congo to Nigeria, Mrs Olumba Kombe had thanked the president and Nigerians for their kind supports and hospitality in the discharge of their duties.
She expressed the willingness of all members of the diplomatic community to continue to work with the government.
I find it amusing though, when I hear about and see the deployment of troops by nations that have very serious internal problems. This applies to Nigeria and I don't see any logic behind these deployments especially at a time like this in the history of the Nation when a group of extremists are holding us all ransom
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