He said: “Governors themselves should continue to meet.
“I don’t really love a situation where the Northern governors will meet, then the Southern governors will cry foul. The Southern governors will meet, then the Northern governors will cry foul, that will not help our country.
“The governors, through the governors’ forum, should meet, they are the people who run this country, the president is just one person in Abuja.
“The states, especially in a country where the local governments are very weak, it’s the states that people fall back to.
“So, if the governors of the states meet and dialogue, interrogate things that are good for this country, then we will move forward.
Israel-Palestine conflict: Jonathan calls for ceasefire, warns against taking sides
May 17
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In a statement issued on Monday, Jonathan called on the warring parties to immediately cease fire and find a common ground to resolve their issues.
He asked other nations to stop taking sides lest they escalate the tension.
“I have been to both Israel and Palestine, and as a result, I have some understanding and appreciation of the human angles on both divides,” Jonathan said.
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“Borders are often human constructs, but the Divine instruction we have is to love our neighbor as ourselves.
“The present conflict in that part of the world can never be resolved by nations and institutions taking sides. It can only be resolved by those living within the borders of Israel and Palestine taking time to understand each other until they come to a place where they can coexist, co-prosper and eventually cooperate.
Nigerians are different types of human being. We forget things easily. Even Abacha s children will someday tell us that their father meant well for Nigeria and Nigerians. https://t.co/vSLfuXae9f
Also now remembering that, under you:
1. The National Assembly gates were locked against opposition members.
2. You hounded the Rivers State governor severally and used the police to keep majority members of the state house of assembly from sitting. https://t.co/7mihzRBV7s
GEJ has come again, as if we suffer from Amnesia in this country https://t.co/7sd7yj3zEf
Buhahaha… How time erodes all imaginary hills
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