Speaking at the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), Area1, Abuja, where he participated in the first Sunday Service of the year, the President noted that life in the north must change and development must go to all parts of the country. He said Nigeria would overcome the scourge of Boko Haram and it would become a thing of the past.
“We are particularly committed to know where our challenges are, especially in some parts of the north, we are quite pleased with the measures from the outgoing President and the measures of the incoming President concerning Boko Haram,… we sympathize with those who have been affected by the executions.“Boko Haram is temporary, Boko Haram will surely go. A number of countries are facing similar challenges and some have been able to overcome it and surely we will overcome Boko Haram.
“Life in the north must change; development must go to all parts of this country” Jonathan said.
Maintaining that nobody or group could hold Nigeria to ransom, Jonathan said, “We will collectively liberate this country from the hands of any evil person so that we can leave behind a Nigeria that our children and grandchildren will be proud of.”