According to former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, it will be at least 20 years before the North clears the mess created by the security crisis.

The ongoing Boko Haram insurgency has held the North down, killing thousands of people, crippling businesses and reversing the gains of education.
Also yesterday, President Goodluck Jonathan called upon North-Eastern political leaders to explore a long-lasting solution to the menace of the sect. He made this statement at the opening of the North-East Summit hosted by Bauchi State Governor Isa Yuguda at the Yankari Games Reserve.

General Abdulsalami, who was speaking at the Arewa House conference on strategies for sustainable development in Kaduna, bemoaned the lack of unity among Northerners. He said insecurity has done so much damage to the social and economic livelihood of the region.
The former Head of State said, “Certainly, if there is unity, we wouldn’t be here at this conference and since there is no unity, that is why Arewa House is trying to galvanize it at this conference.

“It will take 20 years to revive the North. A lot of socio-economic damage has been done. If you go round the areas; that is when you will appreciate the extent of damage to the region. We have to work together to revive it.
“All of us should join hands; we cannot leave security to the government alone; every Nigerian is a security officer. Let’s try to join hands and report what we see, so that the government will be able to take action. We should be the government’s watchdogs and also watch our communities.”

The Senate Minority Leader, George Akume, on his own part, expressed sadness that the North was no longer safe for both its people and visitors. He implored the people to imbibe hard work, integrity, honesty, respect and determination to restore the lost glory of the region.

According to him, an atmosphere without peace will make it impossible to achieve development, no matter how determined the actors were.
“The theme of this conference bears direct relevance to what is happening in the North. The topic for today is value and leadership. I do not intend to go into the conceptual definition of values and leadership.

“In every society, there are norms and values. These are highly respected; respect for sanctity of human life, and where this is not respected, there is no way you can have peace. This is a very big challenge, particularly in the North.

“I am very sad things are happening in the way they are happening now. I was in Borno about six months ago when my friend and brother, Governor Kashim Shettima, gave out his sister in marriage.
“We were about 30 that were supposed to go to Borno, but in the end, only 8 of us went.

The others gave different reasons for not making it. We must imbibe the values of honour, respect, integrity, hard work and determination because they have a direct bearing on the development of the North.”
Former Secretary of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed posited that the next two years would act as a test case for the country and the North’s case to bounce back to reckoning.

“The next two years will test the resilience of the Nigerian State and the capacity of Northerners to bounce back. Right now, the Boko Haram insurgency is eating up like a cancer, and it will require bold initiatives by Northerners to find a solution, by influencing both the insurgency and the government.
“Not all Nigerians are comfortable with a united and strong North. Its current position is therefore a welcome development to its rivals and detractors. They will not lift a finger to heal the wound. This will have to be done by people in this hall who feel the pain the most.

Meanwhile, at the two-day Northeast Alliance for
Transformation which commenced yesterday, the President, who was represented by the Minister for National Planning, Dr Shamsudeen Usman, asked the six governors in the zone to come up with a framework for addressing insecurity. He also expressed happiness that the governors were waking up to deal with the security crisis.

“I hope this summit will not just be a talk show; I hope you will identify at least four to five ways in tackling these problems in the next one year. Governors of Northeast region should work collectively to solve this problem in order to have peace in the region because insecurity is a reality in the region,” he said.

The host governor Isa Yuguda, in describing the summit as historic, said, “For quite a long time, the sub region has remained one of the least developed, if not the least developed of the six geo-political zones in the country in all spheres of human endeavour.” The Governor, while lamenting that the underdevelopment in the Northeast had been compounded by the security challenges which have adversely affected the socio-economic activities in the region, said that the problem of the region was not a lack of resources but failure to harness the abundant resources for its development socially and economically.

“It is expected that at the end of this summit, recommendations for setting in motion the machinery for the Northeast sub region to use its comparative advantages in agriculture, solid minerals and tourism to fast track the development of the region will be made.”

Mike Okiro, a former Inspector-General of Police, noting that insecurity had dampened the economic livelihood of Nigeria in general and North-East in particular, also called upon the summit to look critically at the security challenges and suggest practical solutions.

Chairman of the Summit, Gen T.Y. Danjuma, represented by Maj-Gen Tanko Nuhu Abdullahi, urged the participants to tackle security and its facets such as education, food, health, technology and a solid industrial base.
The 2-day summit has in its attendance the governors of Bauchi, Borno and Gombe. The acting governor of Yobe State and the representative of the Adamawa State Governor, in addition to the Senate Leader Abdul Ningi, Senator Babayo Gamawa and some royal fathers are also in attendance.

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words!

He is speaking nonsense. How long did it take the East to recover after the war which in terms of intensity was far more damaging and gruesome than what is presently happening.

Only Yobe and Bornu state are really bearing the brunt. Even they should make a fu;ll recovery within 3-4years. Shorter if the government is ready to pump money into these places

too long to read now soon be back( they are already backwards so it will take 50 years to recover )

Nd its true

true talk....even more than 20years.the earlier they realized it d better.


enhen what it my position

Wow 2nd 2 comment.

BULLSHIT!.

These old men that say anything to grab attention.


Maybe Maiduguri, the capital of Borno. But the North as a whole.

Itz an exaggerated statement.

*speechless*

Recover? Are they sick?

he is right

Too long!Whatever,they should fix it with their stolen wealth,they(ex heads of states)caused all these mess with inordinate wealth grabbing.

The north was already 30 years backward before boko haram. If it will take north 20 years to recover from boko haram, then it can be safely posited that as things stand today, the rest of the country are ahead of the north by 50 years.

Who give a damm about the north? No be only 20 na 10 years. A tribe full with imbeciles, part 2 go resume after 2015

I lived in the North of yesteryears and in my opinion, the glory it had has gone. If care is not taken, it will even take longer. I hear the rich ones among them now have their wealth stored in Dubai. May God heal our land.

He should stop importation of Mikano generating plants first. Only him has cost nigerians more hardship. But all wat he said is the very truth. Northern development 20yrs frm now.SMH

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To recover from what? Do dey now need civilization? I tot dey enjoy backwardness as depicted by d activities of d Boko Boys. Well, if dey change dia mindset maybe a change wil cum within a short while; dey wouldn't ve 2 wait dat long.

They should try to curb Islamic fundamentalism. The north is a beehive of ready walking bombers and abrasive Modafuckrrs who are enthused with the fallacy of a raunchy Islamic heaven.

grandstar: He is speaking nonsense. How long did it take the East to recover after the war which in terms of intensity was far more damaging and gruesome than what is presently happening.

Only Yobe and Bornu state are really bearing the brunt. Even they should make a fu;ll recovery within 3-4years. Shorter if the government is ready to pump money into these places

Where is the money to pump? From a northern economy that has collapsed? The rich ones among them have their money stached abroad. The poor ones, in their millions, are used as bombs! FG of today is broke and unable to pay oil marketers. Where is the money coming from? The richest African is from northern Nigeria and he hardly has any major investment left there.

Adamawa, Kano and Kaduna are states that have been hit by BH. Apart from the physical damage, what about the trauma that has led to mass exodus of people? I do not want to be a doubting Thomas, but same time let us not under-rate the impact of the damage being done by the killing of innocent persons.

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i thought they were indestructible?
boko haram started in 2009, and d damages it has caused will need 20years to recover frm.

By the time GEJ completes his second term in 2019, they will need maybe 100years to recover

Lwkmh ooooooo

Bullshit... 80% of the 1000s of people killed by those babarians are Southerners son tell me how the north won't recover. They kill other peoples children and relatives.

I LOVE NORTHERNERS!
I hear you brother.
THOSE BOKO-NAMAS AIN'T NIGERIANS!!!!!

grandstar: He is speaking nonsense. How long did it take the East to recover after the war which in terms of intensity was far more damaging and gruesome than what is presently happening.

Only Yobe and Bornu state are really bearing the brunt. Even they should make a fu;ll recovery within 3-4years. Shorter if the government is ready to pump money into these places

Mr Man, the East recovered because of the resilient nature of her people. Are you saying the 5 storey buildings in Onitsha,Nnewi and Aba were built by the govt It's a NO! They were all built by her sons. The Scenario in the north is much different, the region is lacking in Enterprising people, and investors are being chased away @ the slightest opportunity. So, the recovery of that region after all this bombings is over might as well take decades. And by then they'l be light years behind the south!

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Babasessy: According to former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, it will be at least 20 years before the North clears the mess created by the security crisis.

And a lifetime to recover from the mess created by religion.

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Uttering useless nothings,the chaos is still on-going and some old timer has alrdy estimated gibberish regardless of the war's 'x' time

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