Direct your protest to terrorists – Jonathan

Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide
FCT Minister of State

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday urged those who have been protesting the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State, to henceforth direct their protest to the Boko Haram terrorists and not the government.

The President also urged the protesters to learn from citizens of other countries who do not blame their governments for any terrorist act.

He has however admitted publicly for the first time that his administration was currently consulting with some stakeholders with a view to exploring what he called alternative methods of resolving the present crisis.

Jonathan made the disclosure in a speech delivered on his behalf by the Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory, Olajumoke Akinjide, to a team of #BringBackOurGirls campaigners, led by a former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwezili.

The protesters, who had planned to take their protest to the Presidential Villa where they wanted Jonathan to address them were restricted by security agents to the Federal Secretariat within the Three Arms Zone, a few metres from the Villa gate.

FCT Administration Completes Lower Usuma Dam Water Project

Bala Mohammed

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed,  has announced the completion of the multi-billion naira Phases III and IV Water Treatment Plants at the Lower Usuma Dam, Bwari, Abuja, which was awarded by the FCT Administration on November, 2011.

Mohammed who stated this  Tuesday as one of the highpoint of the Bi-Monthly FCT Operations Briefing Session at the Banquet Hall, FCT Minister’s Residence, Abuja, noted that its is line with the Transformation Agenda of the Federal Government and the promise made to the residents of the Nation's Capital.
The Minister disclosed that the FCTA has already linked these Water Treatment Plants to the existing Phases 1 & 2 Water Treatment Plants being used by the entire 250 Square kilometers of the Federal Capital City, Abuja as well as some of its suburbs.
Source: This Day

PHOTOS: INAUGURATION OF LOWER USUMA DAM WATER TREATMENT PLANT IN ABUJA

PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN CUTTING THE TAPE TO INAUGURATE THE PHASE 3 AND 4 (20 MILLION LITRES/HR) LOWER USUMA DAM WATER TREATMENT PLANT IN ABUJA ON THURSDAY (10/4/14). WITH HIM ARE: FROM LEFT: CHAIRMAN, SENATE COMMITTEE ON POWER, SEN PHILIP ADUDA; FCT MINISTER, SEN BALA MOHAMMED AND FCT MINISTER OF STATE, OLOYE OLAJUMOKE AKINJIDE

PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN CUTTING THE TAPE TO INAUGURATE THE PHASE 3 AND 4 (20 MILLION LITRES/HR) LOWER USUMA DAM WATER TREATMENT PLANT IN ABUJA ON THURSDAY (10/4/14). WITH HIM ARE: FROM LEFT: CHAIRMAN, SENATE COMMITTEE ON POWER, SEN PHILIP ADUDA; FCT MINISTER, SEN BALA MOHAMMED AND FCT MINISTER OF STATE, OLOYE OLAJUMOKE AKINJIDE

PHOTOS: PRESIDENT JONATHAN COMMISSIONS NIPRD BUILDING ABUJA

President Goodluck Jonathan left and the NIPRD Chairman  Governing Council  Dr Stella Okoli Presenting a plaque to the President after the commissioning  of NIPRD Administrative and Laboratory at Idu Industral Estate Abuja, 20th February, 2014

From left Minister for Health Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu, President Goodluck Jonathan   and the Director General   of the  National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) Prof. Karniyus Gamaniel and the FCT Minister Senator Bala Mohammed  inspecting Finish Product  at the Commissioning  of NIPRD Administrative and Laboratory at Idu Industral Estate Abuja 20th February, 2014

From left Show From left Minister for Health Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu, the Director General   of the  National Institute for Pharmaceutical Reserch and Development NIPRD Prof. Karniyus Gamaniel, the NIPRD Chairman  Governing Council  Dr Stella Okoli, and the  FCT Minister Senator Bala Mohammed at the Commissioning  of NIPRD Administrative and Laboratory at Idu Industral Estate Abuja, 20th February, 2014

From left Show From left Minister for Health Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu, the Director General   of the  National Institute for Pharmaceutical Reserch and Development NIPRD Prof. Karniyus Gamaniel, the NIPRD Chairman  Governing Council  Dr Stella Okoli, and the  FCT Minister Senator Bala Mohammed at the Commissioning  of NIPRD Administrative and Laboratory at Idu Industral Estate Abuja, 20th February, 2014