President Jonathan's Remarks at the 2014 Joint AU/UNECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development

Remarks by
His Excellency, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR
At the
2014 Joint AU/UNECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development
Saturday, March 29, 2014
 PROTOCOLS
1.             Let me warmly welcome you all to Abuja, our capital city, for this Joint Annual Meeting of Finance and Planning Ministers organized by the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). I am pleased that we were able to oblige the request of the AU and UNECA to step in and host this important conference.
2.             I therefore, thank my Co-ordinating Minister for the Economy, the Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank of Nigeria, and the Inter-Ministerial team that worked with UNECA and AU to prepare this important conference.

2015: ‘Allow court to decide Jonathan’s fate’

A northern group, Arewa Peoples Patriotic Front, in Kaduna on Sunday asked critics of President Goodluck Jonathan in the region to stop overheating the polity and allow the court to decide whether the President is eligible to contest the 2015 election or not.

The group, while reacting to a statement credited to Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso on the eligibility of the President to contest the 2015 election, said the governor was not competent to determine the eligibility of Jonathan.

PRESIDENT JONATHAN CONDOLES SENATE PRESIDENT ON SISTER’S DEATH AND PEOPLE OF PLATEAU STATE ON PASSING AWAY OF FORMER GOVERNOR

President Goodluck Jonathan has, on behalf of himself, his family, the Federal Government and people of Nigeria, written to condole the Senate President, Senator David Mark on the death of his younger sister, Mrs. Mary Onma-Adakole.

"It is with great sadness that I write to express my heartfelt condolences to you, the Adakole John family, and the entire members of the Mark family of Oturkpo on the untimely death of your dear younger sister, Mary Onma in the prime of her life. 
 
"My heart especially goes out to you in your moment of grief considering the unfortunate circumstance of her passing. 
 
"I pray that Almighty God grants you and all whom she has left behind the fortitude to cope with the pain of this irredeemable loss.

ASUU Ends Strike

The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called off its five-month old strike.
The strike was suspended after the NEC met at the campus of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State today.
The suspension of the strike followed the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the federal government and leadership of ASUU last Wednesday.
National President of ASUU, Dr. Nasir Fagge Isa had last week told journalists that the union would consult with its National Executive Council and will within one week intimate Nigerians of its decision on the strike.

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