{"id":31179,"date":"2014-09-13T05:05:54","date_gmt":"2014-09-13T04:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=31179"},"modified":"2014-09-13T05:05:54","modified_gmt":"2014-09-13T04:05:54","slug":"war-terror-reclaim-territory-mark-charges-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/war-terror-reclaim-territory-mark-charges-military\/","title":{"rendered":"WAR AGAINST TERROR: Reclaim our territory, Mark charges military"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has tasked the armed forces to brace up to the critical security situation\u00a0 ochestrated by Boko Haram unleashing havoc on\u00a0 the country and reclaim some communities in the North East\u00a0 said to have been colonized by the dreaded sect.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Senator Mark\u00a0 told a crowded audience at the gradation ceremony of the\u00a0 61 Regular Course of the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna today that the nation is at a critical moment saying &#8221; Our peaceful and corporate existence is threatened by insurgency, terrorism and sheer criminality.&#8221;<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Senator Mark lamented that the war against terrorism is already taken a severe toll on the lives, finance and economy of the nation stressing &#8221; huge resources that would have been used for national development are now being diverted to fight insurgency and terrorism&#8221;.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the face of all these challenges however, the Senate President assured that &#8221; we will never relent in keeping this country one&#8221;.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He added that ethnic, political, sectional and religious problems complicates issues in Nigeria , a solution to it he said\u00a0 demands that all hands must be on deck to tackle.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Senator Mark cautioned politicians against playing politics with the nation&#8217;s security and unity, pointing out that &#8221; Politicians irrespective of ideological or party affiliations should remember that politics can only be played when Nigeria exists as a corporate entity and in peace&#8221;.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He berated those fanning the embers of war and disunity and stressed that &#8220;Nigeria is not an accident. It has pleased the Almighty God to put us together as one and it is our solemn duty to nurture Nigeria to her full potential.&#8221;<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To Mark : &#8221; The future still holds greater promise if only we could put our differences behind us and work together as one people. With greater commitment and resolve, I have no doubt in my mind that Nigeria will be one of the World&#8217;s super powers.&#8221;<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He assured that the National Assembly will continue to give all the support to the military to win this asymmetrical war\u00a0 just as he urged Nigerians to cooperate with the armed forces to succeed .<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Former Head of State General Yakubu Gowin and first indigenous Commandant of the NDA General David Ejoor were awarded Honorary Doctorate degrees at the convocation ceremony for their meritorious services to the nation.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Commandant of NDA Major General Mohammed Idris promised that the school will continue to live up to its billing; improving on research and knowledge as important ingredients for national development .<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Signed:<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Paul Mumeh , Chief Press Secretary to the President of the Senate.<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has tasked the armed forces to brace up to the critical security situation\u00a0 ochestrated by Boko Haram unleashing havoc on\u00a0 the country and&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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