By  Samuel Oyadongha

Yenagoa—President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, said that the Federal Government was winning the war against insurgency and other security challenges in some parts of the country.

President Jonathan, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, while declaring open the standing committee meeting of the Bishops Conference of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, at the Saint Peter’s Deanery, said that the victory recorded was due to the tireless efforts by the government and the security agencies to ensure that law and order was restored in the North-East.

He said: “Already, as a result of our ongoing actions and measures, the security situation in the country is steadily improving. The gains of the declaration of state of emergency in the North-Eastern part of the country have been tremendous and felt by all.

“From a society that is coping with uncertainty, we are gradually seeing a return to normalcy in most parts of the North and other parts of the country. Indeed, I can say with all humility and gratitude to God, that we are winning the war against terrorism and by His grace we will surely overcome the challenges of terrorism and insecurity in our land.”

Jonathan also condemned the recent kidnap of the Dean, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion and Archbishop of the Niger Delta Province, Archbishop Ignatius Kattey, in Aleto, Eleme, Rivers State, last Friday.

He said that the security agencies were doing their best to ensure the cleric’s release and vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice.

Earlier in his address, Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion and Archbishop Metropolitan, the Most Reverend Nicholas Okoh, commended government for the improvements recorded in areas such as road, aviation, railway, power and the Millennium Development Goals.