Beyond
Words: Sampling Two Years’ Worth of VowsBy Sonala Olumhense
Posted: May
6, 2012 - 02:48
Columnist:
Sonala Olumhense
Jonathan
Vows to Contain Jos Crisis [AllAfrica, Jan 19, 2010 ]
Jonathan
vows to consolidate the gains of the [Niger Delta] amnest y [CNIELTS, February
15, 2010]
Nigeria's
president Goodluck Jonathan vows to hold clean elections [Christian Science
Monitor, April 13, 2010]
New Nigerian
President Vows Electoral Reform Before Next Year's Vote [Voice of America, May
07, 2010] “...Our total commitment to good governance, electoral reform, and
the fight against corruption will be pursued with greater vigor."
Jonathan
Vows to Tackle Erosion in South Eas t [AllAfrica, 24 February 2011]
Jonathan
Vows to Prosecute Those Behind Violence [AllAfrica, Apr 15, 2011]
Jonathan
vows to end Boko Haram menace [AFP, April 19, 2012]
Jonathan
vows 'major changes' for Nigeria [Dailymotion, April 20, 2011.
Jonathan
Vows to Return Nation to Order [Vanguard, 21 April 2011.
Nigeria:
President Jonathan vows to address falling education standard [West African
Democracy Radio, May18, 2011]
Nigerian
President Vows to Strengthen Democratic Rule [Voice of America, May 30, 2011]
Corruption:
No more sacred cows, Jonathan vows [Vanguard, July 26, 2011]; would rid the
nation’s procurement process of all forms of corruption, he said atthe fourth
National Procurement Forum.
Nigerian
president vows to bring terrorism under control,go after group that bombed U.N.
building [Associated Press, August 27, 2011]
UN Building
Bombing - Jonathan Vows to Track DownBombers [Daily Trust, August 28, 2011]
Jonathan
Vows To Crush Terror Groups, Says Sponsors of Terror groups now unveiled
[Nigeria Tribune, September 23, 2011]
Jonathan
vows to fix public institutions, Says strong institutions recipe for Nigeria’s
Greatness The Sun, Sep 28, 2011 ]
President
Jonathan Vows to Combat Security as Nigeria Celebrates its 51st Independence
Day [IQ4News, October 1, 2011...
Jonathan
Vows to get bomber s(Vanguard, October 2, 2010); “It is a wicked independence
anniversary gift.”
President
Jonathan vows war on crime, saying he had put inplace a new national security
strategy, [Africa Review, October 2, 2011]
Jonathan
vows war on crime as Nigeria turns 51 [Africa Review, October 3, 2011]
As Boko
Haram changes gear, Mars Eid-El-Kabir celebrations in North, Jonathan vows to
protect Nigerians [National Daily Newspaper, November 6, 2011]
Christmas
carnage in Nigeria, Nigeria's president vows to bring those responsible to
justice [CNN, December 25, 2011]
President
Jonathan Vows To Exterminate Boko Haram [blanknewsonline, December 26, 2011]
Jonathan
vows to "crush terrorists" [Reuters, Dec 31, 2011]who set off a
series of bombs across Nigeria on Christmas Day. "We assure Nigerians that
we will protectthem…We will crush the terrorists. If there are institutions ...
which are harbouring terrorists, we willdeal with them."
Jonathan
vows to protect Nigerians [National Daily], November 6, 2011
Jonathan
vows vengeance; to"crush the terrorists " who set off a series of
bombs across Nigeria on Christmas Day [Mail & Guardian, South Africa, Dec
31, 2011]
...it’s
fight to the finish, Jonathan vows [The Punch, January 1, 2012]… he would not
spare any effort aimed at fighting the sect, which he described as a “group of
evil-minded people,” to the end.
Jonathan
vows to work for the welfare and wellbeing of all Nigerian s [Newsdiary,
January 16, 2012]
Jonathan
Vows to Check Destabilisation Plot [ThisDay, January 17, 2012]
We'll wipe
out Boko Haram – Jonatha n [The Punch, January 23, 2012]; vowed in Kano the
federal government would soon wipe out the dreaded Boko Haram
Jonathan
vows stronger relations between Nigeria and Ethiopi a [Channels TV, Jan 31,
2012]
Jonathan
vows to increase petrol refining capacity [The Moment, February 3, 2012]
Jonathan
vows to sack appointees over 2015 campaign [ThisDay, Feb 21, 2012]
Jonathan
vows justic e [The Nation, January 23, 2012]
Jonathan
vows to replicate Asian Tiger feat in Nigeria [Channels TV, March 26, 2012]
Revenge
attacks follow Nigeria church blast, GoodluckJonathan...vows "to end the
spate of mindless attacks and killings" Al Jazeera (12 March 2012]
Jonathan vows
to fast-track power masterplan (News Diary Online, March 26, 2012].
Jonathan
Vows To End Boko Haram Menace In June [March 28, 2012, Yonhap News Agency,South
Korea]
Jonathan
vows to end culture of favouritism (Premium Times, April 12, 2012 ): “You don't
have to know somebody who knows somebody before you can be given any high
office to serve in the new direction we want to chart forthe country.”
I will deal
with Boko Haram, Jonathan vows [Apr 13, 2012]
Jonathan to
sack heads of MDAs for distorting 2012 budget [Premium Times, April13, 2012]
Jonathan
vows “to sack heads of departments and parastatals indicted for lobbying
members of the National Assembly for upward review of their budget (The Nation,
April 14, 2012)
Jonathan
vows to correct structural defects in education [Vanguard, April 15, 2012 ),
lamenting that the defects in the system were responsible for the failure of
children.
Jonathan
vows to end Boko Haram menac e [AFP News, April 19, 2012], “security situation
in Nigeria is not as gloomy as it is painted and the government “is working
very hard and that we’ll bring this under control…”
Jonathan
vows to end Boko Haram menace [AFP News, April 19, 2012], “security situation
in Nigeria is not as gloomy as it is painted and the government “is working very
hard and that we’ll bring this under control…”
Jonathan
vows to eradicate polio by 2015 (Channels Television, April 24, 2012): “One
thing I promise the Nigerian child, and also the Nigerian father and mother
isthat if we cannot solve all the health problems in this country now, one
thing this present administration is committed to is to eradicate polio by
2015”.
Fuel Subsidy
report: Presidency vows to bring culprits to book [The Punch, April 26,
2012]...would punish all those found culpable in theN1.07tn fuel subsidy scam.
Jonathan
Vows To Punish Oil Thieves [Nigerian Pilot, April 26, 2012]
President
Goodluck Jonathan has vowed that his administration will not shieldany corrupt
person from investigation or prosecution by the anti-graft agencies in the country
[NewsDiary, May 4 2012].
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