October 03, 2014.
By: Ibrahim Olalekan
As Nigerian Muslims joined their counterparts all over the world to celebrate this year’s Eid-El-Kabir, President Goodluck Jonathan has charged the people to join in offering special prayers for security, peace, unity and progress in the country.
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, the President felicitate with all believers and countrymen and women of the Islamic faith who have successfully undertaken the Hajj this year as enjoined by Prophet.
According to the President, the issuance of a formal notice of the impending general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has opened another campaign season and urged political leaders to place the overriding interest of the well-being and progress of the country above all other considerations in the coming campaigns and elections.
President Jonathan further mentioned that his giant strides in the past four years has birth the call for many individuals, stakeholders, groups, associations, non-governmental organisations, unions and political leaders from across the country to urge him to seek a second term in office.
The statement reads: “In deciding on an appropriate response to such calls, I will place the greater interests of national harmony, cohesion, unity, security, political stability, progress, equity, justice and fairness above any personal ambition or sectional agenda.
“I urge all other political leaders in the country to do the same. Let us all rise above unedifying, unpatriotic and selfish personal interests and divisive sectional agenda in the coming national elections.
“Let us also commit ourselves more to the sustenance of democracy and political stability which are essential prerequisites for the advancement of good governance, inclusive economic growth and rapid development.”
President Jonathan assured Nigerians that in spite of the critical challenges the country has face in some areas; his administration has made significant progress.
“I am convinced however that if we persevere and continue to build diligently on what the present administration has achieved, we will surely overcome all hindrances and fully establish a stronger, more united and prosperous nation that meets the aspirations and yearnings of all of our people,” he added.
President Jonathan, in the statement, call on Nigerians to commit themselves to the Holy Prophet’s injunctions of piety, honesty, charity and generosity to the less privileged, impartial leadership and true justice for all, as this will stand the country in good stead in fulfilment of the founding fathers’ vision of a great nation.
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