Democracy Day Broadcast: President Jonathan Recounts Notable Progress Made In The Last 15 Years
President Goodluck Jonathan said on Thursday, May 29 that notable progress has been made in Nigeria in the last 15 years of uninterrupted democratic governance.
President Goodluck Jonathan
In a national broadcast, on May 29 to mark the 2014 Democracy Day, President Jonathan said, the nation has come a long way from the first time she celebrated Democracy Day on May 29, 1999 when the military finally relinquished power and handed over to a democratically-elected government.
According to President Jonathan, the country has witnessed tremendous growth in the economy, improvements in national infrastructure including airports and roads, the restoration of rail transportation, adding that there's been advances in the various sectors like education, sports, youth development, healthcare delivery, housing, water supply and other social services.
Jonathan explained that Nigeria has been recognised as the largest economy in Africa, expressing pleasure over the convergence of global leaders in Abuja early this month for the World Economic Forum in Africa, an event which brought the prospect of an additional flow of investment into the Nigerian economy estimated at over $68 billion over the next few years.
The president said Nigeria has done well by establishing and strengthening strong partnerships with all ECOWAS countries and the rest of the world.
In the telecommunications sector, he said there's been significant increase in mobile telephone and national broadband penetration, making Information and Communications Technology (ICT) one of the fastest growing sectors of the Nigerian economy.
"In the oil and gas sector, our promotion of a sustainable local content policy, continues to guarantee equity and better opportunities for Nigerian entrepreneurs and skilled personnel," he said.
He added that there's been consistent progress in improving the standard of elections in the country under his administration.
He also paid tribute to all those who played a part in restoring the nation to the true path of democratic governance.
You can read the full text of Jonathan's democracy day broadcast HERE.
Source: Legit.ng
