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Inauguration of the Victims Support Fund Committee - President Jonathan's Address Remarks by His Excellency, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR At the Inauguration of the Victims Support Fund Committee  State House - Abuja Wednessday 16th July, 2014 PROTOCOLS 1. I welcome you all to this very important event, the inauguration of the Victims Support Fund Committee. 2. Our gathering here today is to kick-start the process of providing succour to our people who have been directly affected one way or the other by acts of terrorism in the country. This is not the kind of events we would normally pray for. 3. As a developing nation with lofty dreams, I would rather be here inaugurating a committee on development initiatives. But this is the unfortunate situation where we have found ourselves because of the lawless acts of a few misguided individuals who are shedding the blood of innocent people in our Nation. 4. It is very necessary for us ...

  BY DENNIS ALEMU Within the context of democratic governance and service delivery, it is quite evident that the Dickson Administration has already exceeded some of its targets in some of the sectors, as delineated in its campaign manifesto. A dispassionate and unbiased look at what the government has been able to achieve since February 14, 2012  when the Governor assumed office on the strength of his February 11, 2012 electoral mandate, clearly shows strides in virtually all sectors. These landmark achievements bear eloquent testimony to a focused leadership, which has been able to lay a solid foundation for enduring legacies in the pursuit of the common good. The Restoration Agenda is the optic fibre of the new vision brought into governance. The Restoration Agenda is an agenda whose goals are to build and rebuild, to restore, to transform and to lay the requisite foundation for sustainable and holistic development of Bayelsa State. It houses the various programmes and ...