[size=16pt]Nigerians, don't panic. Terrorist
attack is everywhere ... maybe it
is our turn."[/size]

Eze Promoe: Gullible set of people, who read one paragraph of the article and make their conclusion
you probably didn't see where he said that his administration will make sure it tackles these challenges

HNosegbe: Yet another presidential gaffe.
Like you rightly said, Pukkah, the president should stick to reading prepared scripts.

Pukkah:

Is the issue at stake here higher than your level of understanding? What has his promise to tackle the problems got to do with his description, and perhaps understanding, of the problems?

Are you saying his description of kidnapping and insurgency as our 'fair share' of crisis is right?

Eze Promoe:
Your problem is that you have blocked your heart with hatred for the president, which makes you always judge a metaphoric statement, based on its literal meaning.
This statement simply implies that;
Just as Al-Shabab is Kenya's problem, Mafians are Italy's problem, Rape crime is South Africa's problem, that Nigeria isn't exempted from all these national crises, but the type Nigeria is experiencing is the one of terrorism and kidnapping.
Free your minds from sentiments, so that you can be able to see the real meaning of what you read.

aventura: When the heralds of the president's "Breaking News " are Always a particular group of people, it points to one direction= hatred/bad belle.

Their mindset has been conditioned to see negative things about the president. If this statement was issued by their preferred leader, you'd see the hidden message which has been left hidden because of a corrupt mindset.

aventura: When the heralds of the president's "Breaking News " are Always a particular group of people, it points to one direction= hatred/bad belle.

Their mindset has been conditioned to see negative things about the president. If this statement was issued by their preferred leader, you'd see the hidden message which has been left hidden because of a corrupt mindset.

Pukkah:

Who is my preferred leader?

Nigeria suffers terribly from a dearth of sound leaders and followers like you, if you can't see what is wrong with Jonathan's CHOICE of words, make the problem worse.

On this forum, I have criticized your so-called leaders across parties and regions. So I don't know what you mean by a preferred leader.

Was Oshiomhole not widely criticized for his choice of words to that widow? How many people did his party or Edo people accuse of hatred or 'bad belle'?

In fact, this thread came with a valuable advice to the President - 'stop speaking extempore because clear communication is not your forte'. Have you forgotten the 'I don't give a damn' and 'terrorists strike everywhere' so soon?

Many times, Jonathan says what he doesn't mean and is unable to find the right words to convey what he means. This is a fact which I don't find funny as a Nigerian. And this is why I've advised him to stick to prepared speeches in order to save himself and us all from the regular embarassment.

Anyone that's defending the choice of words here by the President is his enemy.

HNosegbe:

You must think President Jonathan was speaking to a sophisticated audience.

We on this forum know the point he was trying to make. Unfortunately such statements can be misconstrued to denote helplessness of government with regard to tackling the issue. It's extremely important that the president and his handlers understand this, given that the media tends to lean towards the opposition and is likely twist the words to make them sound different from what he meant, thereby creating unneccessary controversy and needless back-and-forth in an already divisive, polarised and heated polity.

How many Nigerians have the sophistication to decode the exact intent of his statement?

The general perception of the recipients of the message being passed across is more important than the author's intent. President Jonathan needs to understand that.

Like I said, he should stick to prepared scripts, to avoid further kasala.