February 16, 2015 by Ola
President Goodluck Jonathan
President
Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said he was always worried whenever what
he described as unexpected public utterances were uttered against the
Nigerian military.
He said Nigerians must learn to respect
members of the nation’s security forces because while they sleep in
their houses, the security men are on the streets making sacrifices.
Jonathan spoke during a presidential
dinner he organised in honour of widows of the nation’s fallen heroes at
the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He
said he decided to host the widows, the first in the nation’s history,
because his government appreciates their husbands who paid the supreme
sacrifice while securing the nation.
He therefore asked all Nigerians to continue to appreciate the contribution of the security forces to the nation’s peace.
He said, “Most of you (the widows) would
have been surprised that why should the President call us here. It has
not happened before. This is the first time that the President would be
interacting with the wives of the fallen heroes.
“We appreciate the services of your
husbands and your fathers within the armed forces and other security
agencies, because we sleep while they are in fears and while protecting
the nation, some of them paid the supreme sacrifice.
“That is why I personally get worried when some public utterances that are not expected are made of them.
“All nations respect their military and
their intelligent services because without these people, we wouldn’t
have been here. Without these people, there wouldn’t have been any
Nigeria.
“What keep us together as a nation are
the activities of these people. I use this opportunity to call on all of
us Nigerians to continue to show gratitude and appreciation to our
security services.”
Jonathan promised the widows and orphans who attended the dinner that the Federal Government would continue to support them.
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