deployed before next week to Mali to help restore peace to that
country. Jonathan disclosed this when he hostedmembers of the
diplomatic corps resident in Nigeria to cocktail yesterday evening.
According to him, all hands must be on deck to fight extremism as no
country knows when it willbe her turn.
"We are confronted presently with a situation inMali, let me assure
you and the global community that as a nation we will work with other
nations to make sure that the problem in Mali is solved. "Already our
technical team are already in Mali so definitely the Nigeria troop
will be in Mali before next week. "Of course we members of ECOWAS are
meeting this weekend.
Our expectation is that by next week most other ECOWAS countries that
pledged troops would have sent them so that our men will be on ground
to assist Mali to liberate the country. "We can no longer surrender
any part of the globe to extremism, because it doesn't pay and we
don't know the next victim. We must collectively discourage
individuals or group of individuals that will take laws in to their
hands and make the world a place that is not safe for all of us".
President Jonathan expressed his appreciation to all the heads of
governments that stood by Nigeria during her trying times of floods,
Dana and Helicopter crashes, terrorism attacks, the death of his
younger brother and other tragedies. "I want to through you thank your
heads of governments for standing with us at our various challenges
and difficult moments. During the floods, the terrorism attacks, the
air mishaps of Dana and the helicopter crashes and when I lost my
brother.
Quwstion is, Are we really safe in Nigeria, before we try to protect
other citizens?
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