PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to improve the living standard of Nigerians, saying that with the level of effort being put into the power sector,
there would be relatively stable electricity supply in the country by the middle of 2014.
Speaking to a cross section of Nigerians resident in Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, on Thursday, he also said the present level of insecurity in the country, as a result of the activities of the radical Islamic religious sect, would brought to an end as he was sure that the terrorists, would be overcome.
He regretted that the impression had been created in the public domain, which suggested that no achievement had been made by government, whereas steady progress was being recorded in various aspects of the nation’s life.
“On our own part, we believe that as a government, we will continue to do what is right. We are yet two years in government and from all indications, we are not going to praise ourselves, but we are moving towards the right direction.
“There are indices, though the Nigerian political environment is so heated up that if you read the papers you will even think that nothing is happening,” he said.
On the the activities of Boko Haram, he conceded that it was a major challenge for government, noting that though such terrorist activities were not peculiar to Nigeria, government would continue to confront it with a view to bringing it to an end.
Earlier, the Nigerian Ambassador in Equatorial Guinea, Sunday Bassey, had called for the strengthening of the Nigerian mission in the country, in view of the Central African’s strategic interest to Nigeria.