{"id":30443,"date":"2014-08-22T04:31:13","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T03:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=30443"},"modified":"2014-08-22T04:31:13","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T03:31:13","slug":"confab-weve-proved-critics-wrong-says-jonathan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/confab-weve-proved-critics-wrong-says-jonathan\/","title":{"rendered":"Confab: We\u2019ve Proved Our Critics Wrong, Says Jonathan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"main\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<div id=\"paneshell\">\n<div id=\"shellcontent\" class=\" no-tabs\">\n<div id=\"shellinner\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408677670944_2361\" class=\"tab-content\" data-tid=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408677670944_2282\" data-title=\"topnews\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408677670944_2402\" class=\"messagepane basepane \" style=\"color: #000000;\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Message pane\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408677670944_2404\" class=\"message 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respects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408677670944_2568\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408677670944_2558\">The President, who spoke while closing the conference which he inaugurated in March 17, 2014, commended the delegates for controlling their emotions during the period the conference lasted.<\/p>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408677670944_2560\" class=\"yiv4237410194\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408677670944_2567\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408677670944_2559\">\u201cThose who dismissed the entire conference ab initio as a \u2018diversion\u2019 have been proved wrong as what you achieved has contrary to their forecast diverted our country only from the wrong road to the right direction.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408677670944_2566\">\u201cThey said the conference would end in a deadlock as Nigeria had reached a point where the constituent parts could no longer agree on any issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1408677670944_2561\">\n<div 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