President Goodluck Jonathan said with the arrest of some Boko Haram suspects and their suspected sponsors "very shortly, the tide of Boko Haram will be stemmed."
Declaring open the biennial Honorary International Investors Council Meeting in Paris, Jonathan said with intensified efforts by Nigerian security agencies to curb the menace of Boko Haram sect, the existence of the group in Nigeria would soon be history.
A statement yesterday by his spokesman, Reuben Abati, said the president assured members of the council and the international community that the Nigerian government was on top of the security situation in the country.
He disclosed that several arrests had been made which led to the wiping out of a cell of the group from Niger State. He noted that Nigerian security operatives were working round the clock to rid Borno State of the group.
He said that in addition to ensuring the safety of lives and property all over Nigeria, the Federal Government was equally committed to ensuring food security for the country's growing population, and the transformation of the national economy.
"I am happy to inform you that despite the general shrinking of the global economy by 2% in year 2010 and a not too favourable outlook for 2012, Nigeria remains a growing economy, achieving an average growth rate of about 6% in the last three years. Indeed, the economy recorded an average GDP growth rate of 7.85% in 2010 and 7.72% in the second quarter of 2011 respectively.
Earlier, while welcoming members of the council to the meeting, the co-ordinator, Baroness Lynda Chalker, urged international investors to take advantage of the quality leadership of Jonathan to show more interest in doing business in Nigeria.
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