President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday described the fundamentalist group, Boko Haram and its sponsors as uncivilised insisting that it was primitive to terminate innocent lives through acts of terrorism.
The president who spoke in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital as he ended a two day working visit to the state, he deplored the resort in taking innocent lives in the name of protesting any manner of grievance.
President Jonathan enjoined all Nigerians to condemn the acts of terrorism and assist relevant authorities to check the trend which he noted was inimical to the development of the country.
He commended the people of Jigawa state for maintaining peace even while their neighbouring states tend to be hotbeds of violence and terror.
The president praised the state governor, Sule Lamido, for his unique leadership qualities in transforming Jigawa within the five years he has been in office.
President Jonathan was also full of commendation for the governor for constructing an expansive state-of-the-art orientation camp for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
The camp, which incorporates sporting facilities and accommodates 2,000 corps members, is named after former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, who initiated the scheme in 1973.
Commissioning the camp, which he described as the best in the country, the President said the cost, put at N784.6 billion, is a good testimony of judicious use of resources and support to the federal government.
He pledged the Federal government’s readiness to support the good initiatives and projects of the Jigawa state government towards improving the welfare of youth and encouraging the growth of sports in the country.
The president also formally laid the foundation stone for the Dutse Airport, declaring that with Nigeria’s growing population and economy and complexity of business interactions, every state would need a standard, even if not, international airport.
He said the Ministry of Aviation would step in to give every necessary support and assistance towards the completion of the airport.
The state governor said the airport project was quite personal and dear to his heart having understood the observations made by the president.
On other projects he had embarked upon or completed, Mr Lamido said he was doing them because of the urgent need to save Jigawa from its parlous condition of under-development since it was created 21 years ago.
He said he was copying President Jonathan’s transformation agenda and also ensuring that the efforts made by founding fathers of the nation were not left to waste.
