Former President Goodluck
Jonathan is excited that President
Muhammadu Buhari’s government
replicated a policy that started in
his administration. Speaking during a press conference in
Geneva, Switzerland, Jonathan said
his administration used education as a
tool to fight insurgency. He said education remained a potent
tool that could be used in combating
terrorism, and advised African leaders
to make use of this approach to tackle
the menace. “I began the practice of giving
education the highest sectoral
allocation beginning with my very first
budget as president in 2011,” he said. “My policy was to fight insecurity in
the immediate term using counter
insurgency strategies and the military
and for the long term I fought it using
education as a tool. “Thankfully, the administration that
succeeded mine in its first budget,
appears to have seen wisdom in
continuing the practice of giving
education the highest sectoral
allocation. This is commendable. “As I have always believed, if we do
not spend billions educating our youths
today, we will spend it fighting
insecurity tomorrow. And you do not
have to spend on education just
because of insecurity. It is also the prudent thing to do. “I feel that what people in my position,
statesmen and former leaders, ought
to be doing is to help build consensus
all over Africa, to ensure that certain
issues should not be politicized. “Education is one of those issues. If
former African leaders can form
themselves into an advisory group to
gently impress on incumbent leaders
the necessity of meeting the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
recommended allocation of 26% of a
nations annual budget on education, I
am certain that Africa will make
geometric progress in meeting her
Millennium Development Goals and improving on every index of the
Human Development Index.” Jonathan further explained his
approach of using education to
checkmate insurgency, recalling how
his administration built Almajiri
schools in the north. He also spoke of how the multi-
national joint task force was
strengthened under him and how his
government helped security forces to
boost intelligence, leading to the arrest
of prime suspects in criminal cases. “In Nigeria, the Federal Government
actually does not have a responsibility
for primary and secondary education,
but I could not in good conscience
stomach a situation where 52.4% of
males in the Northeastern region of Nigeria have no formal Western
education,” he said. “The figure is even worse when you
take into account the states most
affected by the insurgency. “Eighty-three per centof male
population in Yobe state have no
formal Western education. In Borno
state it is 63.6%. Bearing this in mind,
is it a coincidence that the Boko
Haram insurgency is strongest in these two states? “So even though we did not have a
responsibility for primary and
secondary education going by the way
the Nigerian federation works, I felt
that where I had ability, I also had
responsibility even if the constitution said it was not my responsibility. “Knowing that terrorism thrives under
such conditions my immediate goal
was to increase the penetration of
Western education in the region while
at the same time making sure that the
people of the region did not see it as a threat to their age old practices of
itinerant Islamic education known as
Almajiri. “Another aspect of the anti terror war
we waged in Nigeria that has not
received enough attention is our effort
to improve on our intelligence
gathering capacity. “Prior to my administration, Nigeria’s
intelligence architecture was designed
largely around regime protection, but
through much sustained effort we
were able to build capacity such that
our intelligence agencies were able to trace and apprehend the masterminds
behind such notorious terror
incidences as the Christmas Day
bombing of the St. Theresa Catholic
Church in Madalla, Niger State. “Other suspects were also traced and
arrested including those behind the
Nyanya and Kuje bombings. “Not only did we apprehend suspects,
but we tried and convicted some of
them including the ring leader of the
Madalla bombing cell, Kabir Sokoto,
who is right now serving a prison
sentence.”

Wey d Maggi?

bubu is a dullard
meanwhile, his spending more on propaganda than education via allocation just paid off............... chibok just got bombed again

Success has many friends while failure is an orphan.
Even the C in C of yam eater association is famzing.

Day11:
Wey d Maggi?

https://www.thecable.ng/jonathan-on-insurgency-buhari-has-seen-the-wisdom-in-continuing-with-what-i-started Oya soup is ready

This man self. Still the same old clueless speech. I am sure it was the yet to be signed education budget that helped your successor to qwell the ravaging fire of boko haram.

He doesn't want to admit Pmb succeeded where he failed woefully.

PMB has copied virtually all your policies even your budget

GEJ on point. The truth is like pregnancy. No matter how long it is hidden. It will eventaully be exposed.

I just can't help it. u inspire me with the way u approach issue. even as an ex President u still command respect. Imagine after ruling all this years illiteracy still reign as a king in dat region. thanks sir for truly practicing one Nigeria

Txonyi:
bubu is a dullard
meanwhile, his spending more on propaganda than education via allocation just paid off............... chibok just got bombed again

And they told us they have win the war against BH *smh*

Buhari the copycat. If the propaganda machines of Apc claimed Gej was clueless, it then follows that Buhari is Eberibe personified.

peacengine:
PMB has copied virtually all your policies even your budget

I swear its lack of experience that is worrying all of them. Buhari should just swallow his pride and walk up to Jonathan for guidance on how to run his government. Because if he depends on lie mohammed and co his name will end up being drag in the mud,

Copying what did you start? As at the time u left boko haram atttacks were at its peak, there was no light for almost 2 weeks, our economy had not been diversifed, billions were stolen, efcc was toothless, u depleted our foreign reserves, big thieves like metuh were still free

I can go on and on and on and on.

Meanwhile I can see his a$$ lickers ^^^ there

JustOzito:
I just can't help it. u inspire me with the way u approach issue. even as an ex President u still command respect. Imagine after ruling all this years illiteracy still reign as a king in dat region. thanks sir for truly practicing one Nigeria

He is a living legend

We all know that govt has to do with continuity but implementation is the most important thing. You shall continue to remain in the history of Nigeria as one of the most useless, clueless and corrupt president ever to exist on this earrg

APCsupporter:
Copying what did you start? As at the time u left boko haram atttacks were at its peak, there was no light for almost 2 weeks, our economy had not been diversifed, billions were stolen, efcc was toothless, u depleted our foreign reserves, big thieves like metuh were still free

I can go on and on and on and on.

Meanwhile I can see his a$$ lickers ^^^ there

And don't 4get before he left how much was kerosine then? Is their anything like the imposed 50naira stamp duty, hope you remember how much jonathan budget for food and all of you were shouting like someone who ran out of aro. But now you guys are blind to see what bubu budgeted. Time will tell.

APCsupporter:
We all know that govt has to do with continuity but implementation is the most important thing. You shall continue to remain in the history of Nigeria as one of the most useless, clueless and corrupt president ever to exist on this earrg

For your mind right. When will you wake up to the reality of life. Am not surprise sha, we are in a season of blame by the government of blame

Sammyashol:
And don't 4get before he left how much was kerosine then? Is their anything like the imposed 50naira stamp duty, hope you remember how much jonathan budget for food and all of you were shouting like someone who ran out of aro. But now you guys are blind to see what bubu budgeted. Time will tell.

How much was crude oil price under his regime? Its now less than a quarter of how much It sold under his tenure. He should have looked ahead and diversified the economy but instead he looted everything lootable.

What happened to the partial subsidy removal? Didn't he loot the money? Please u guys should go and attain further education and stop messing around here

Sammyashol:
He is a living legend

truly he is

The best way to treat Jonathan is by not reading or watching anything said by him. He says meaningless things, but for the fact that he's gentle at it, you have pity for him and probably be controlled by your emotions to give meaning to his statement.





Gej, I refuse to fall for this.

What exactly did the Clueless Drunken criminal achieve besides granting thieves presidential pardon, formulating theories to excuse criminals of their acts such as the "stealing is not corruption" theory and the "Yam and Goat"??

This fool should shut his mouth already. He sounds wiser when he does.

APCsupporter:


How much was crude oil price under his regime? Its now less than a quarter of how much It sold under his tenure. He should have looked ahead and diversified the economy but instead he looted everything lootable.

What happened to the partial subsidy removal? Didn't he loot the money? Please u guys should go and attain further education and stop messing around here

lol, the pot calling the kettle black, am not surprise tho. On the issue of attaining further edu you say that to your boss bubu himself, we all know he is lacking,

Sammyashol:
lol, the pot calling the kettle black, am not surprise tho. On the issue of attaining further edu you say that to your boss bubu himself, we all know he is lacking,

Your problem is u see today and forget tomorrow. We wouldn't have been in this mess if had the mental ability to see ahead

Sammyashol:
For your mind right. When will you wake up to the reality of life. Am not surprise sha, we are in a season of blame by the government of blame

I would have loved to talk some sense into ur head but time is going. I'm not jobless

Progressive01:
What exactly did the Clueless Drunken criminal achieve besides granting thieves presidential pardon, formulating theories to excuse criminals of their acts such as the "stealing is not corruption" theory and the "Yam and Goat"??

This fool should shut his mouth already. He sounds wiser when he does.

choi so thats all u could see or u just came back from diaspora? For ur info he created 12 federal universities, revived the rail sector, created 20 almajiri schools, all for the sake of the poor. If you still need more i supply u info

APCsupporter:


Your problem is u see today and forget tomorrow. We wouldn't have been in this mess if had the mental ability to see ahead

Lol, tomorrow will still become history. Some were there before and some will still be there after. Let's face the present because no one knows tomorrow

APCsupporter:


I would have loved to talk some sense into ur head but time is going. I'm not jobless

Oh sorry time demand is highly placed on you, its better you leave quick so that your boss won't sanction you. Am proud to be an enterpreneur