President Goodluck Jonathan while speaking at an inter-faith conference in Abuja on Monday voiced his conviction that Nigeria will defy all prophesies of doom come 2015. According to the president, Nigeria had weathered a greater storm than this in the past, this current phase will pass and Nigeria will emerge a stronger Nation.

“Despite the fact that we have survived the civil war and continue to evolve as one nation with one destiny, we have among ourselves those (who) continue to define us and put it that we as Nigerians cannot live together. But I can say categorically that Nigeria will not disintegrate, we will not fail. We will surely get over our challenges and become even a stronger nation.

“They portray us doomed to fail but Nigerians should not panic because such predictions will fail and the nation will witness a free, fair, and peaceful general election, come 2015.”

The president noted that the social media has been a strong platform for those sowing the seed of discord to propagate their gospel, with the aim of manipulating a nation of over 170 million people to join their course. “Some politicians are making reckless and irresponsible statements that are capable of inciting people to take laws into their hands and destabilise the country. But we have to understand that these statements are not born out of the genuine reason of mood and temperament of Nigerians. Rather these enemies of peace are only trying to spoil the mood and create tempestuous temperature, but they will fail.”

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