Jonathan expresses concern over large number of unfinished projects

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday expressed concern about the large number of ongoing projects all over the country.

A statement from the Director of Information in the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Musa Aduwak, explained that Jonathan expressed the concern after the Presidential Projects Assessment Committee presented its report.


Welcoming the inventory taken by the committee, he said, “The huge number of on-going projects all over the country is of concern, considering the financial implications.”

The president said his administration would look at the list while preparing budgets in the future and thanked the committee for the painstaking efforts at preparing the report.

Also on Thursday, Jonathan promised that his administration would take definite steps to strengthen the nation’s electoral laws within the next one year, in order to improve and ensure better elections in the future.

He said this when a delegation of the Nigerian Bar Association paid him a visit.

“We must take steps to strengthen our constitution and the Electoral Laws within the next one year, so that we can have even better elections than these which have been praised worldwide,” he told the lawyers.

Jonathan noted that the reduction of post-election cases by 80 per cent, following the 2011 exercise was a clear indication that the elections were largely free and fair, adding that it would be possible to reduce pre- and post-election cases to the barest minimum with the appropriate legislation and commitment by electoral officials.

He also spoke about the need to maintain credibility of the judiciary which he said was the arbiter in all cases.

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