Tag: Presidential media chat

• We are doing well tackling corruption under the circumstances we found ourselves.
• Those accused of corruption are not guilty until determined otherwise by the court.
• There terrible cases of corruption and we can only appeal to Nigerians to be patient.
• We cannot tell the court what to do.
• Once we go to court we should keep our mouth shut because we cannot determine for the court.
• Corrupt persons will be tried in court.
• We are being thorough in our investigation.
• I will defend the constitution.
• Nobody will be put above the law.
• I have declared my assets four times – the first during Murtala administration.
• I mention the banks I borrowed money and the plots of lands developed.
• My asset declaration was deposited with the Ministry of Justice.
• I have been a democrat since April 2002.
• I don’t think I picked anybody I know will embarrass my government.
• I know conscientiously that I did not pick anybody that has been in court for corruption.
• We want to ensure that the Chibok girls are complete, safe and sound.
• No Chibok girl has been recovered.
• We are still keeping our options open.
• Once we establish contact with credible leadership of Boko Haram and know where the girls are, we are ready to negotiate with sect.
• I am working with Niger, Chad and Cameroon on the possible recovery of Chibok girls.
• The Federal government knows the plights of the IDPs and is doing something about it.
• We are prepared to reunite the IDPs with their families.
• I have to wait for official reports on the military and Shiites clash.
• How can any group create a state within a state?
• The capacity of Boko Haram to attack institutions has been stopped.
• Banning of hijab is not an option, but we may consider that if these attacks continue.
• We have to have the patience for thorough investigations.
• We introduced the Treasury Single Account to know what goes in and out.
• People just sit down and share money in government.
• I do not personally support devaluation of Naira.
• We need steady power, railways, roads and then we need to fight terrorism.
• I need to be convinced before I can approve the devaluation of the Naira.
• The CBN team is in position to know the effect of international exchange rate.
• We have banned the importation of toothpicks and goods we waste our foreign currency on.
• None of the refineries is working effectively.
• By end of next quarter we will not be talking of subsidy.
• I am hoping that our refineries will start working optimally.
• I like the critics of the government to show more compassion.
• Fashola is not a super minister for nothing.
• We will get the Chinese to do the railways.
• Our main priority is to secure this country so that investors will not be scared off.
• We have taken note of countries that are prepared to invest in Nigeria despite the insecurity.
• I have heard about billions, but the only vehicle money that was proposed to me was 400 million naira and I turned it down.
• I will revisit the story of the National Assembly spending N4.5bn to buy cars.
• We have been stretched economically.
• I have people from the 36 states in my cabinet.

President Goodluck Jonathan will host a special edition of the Presidential Media Chat on Wednesday.

A statement issued by the President’s media aide, Dr. Reuben Abati, said President Jonathan will respond to questions from a panel of journalists on current national issues during the programme, which will be broadcast live on the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) and the Voice of Nigeria (VON) from 1900 hours.

“All other television and radio stations in the country may hook-up to NTA and FRCN to relay the programme to their viewers and listeners,” the statement added.