MAIDUGURI—THE President-elect
General Muhammadu Buhari, rtd,
Sunday said his administration would
accord priority to ending the Boko
Haram insurgency to bring stability in
the north east geopolitical zone as
well as focus on re-activating the
Lake Chad.
Buhari however said that his third
priority would be to deploy the
enormous resources in the region
through vigorous search for oil along
the Chad Basin and parts of Borno
State.
He spoke at his residence in Kaduna
while responding to requests made
by Governor Kashim Shettima, the
Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn
Umar Garbai Elkanemi and some
elders of the state who formed the
delegation from Borno State that
travelled to pay him a congratulatory
visit.
Buhari said he was very much aware
of the problems of the north east
region and would not waste time in
resolving them one after the other.
On Boko Haram, he said his
administration will enhance
collaboration with neighbouring
countries governments like Chad,
Niger and Cameroon to curtail the
trans- border movements of Boko
Haram insurgents, adding that this
would lead to the cutting off of
supply of arms, recruitment and
training of fresh combatants for the
insurgents.
According to him, the stability of the
north east was a must project for his
administration even as nothing could
be achieved unless peace was
restored to the troubled region.
The President-elect also assured the
delegation that the issue of the
receding of Lake Chad would be
tackled through the transfer of water
from the central African Republic to
the lake to boost its use for fishing
and irrigation farming. He recalled
that he once read a document which
raised fears over the receding of the
Lake Chad and handed same over to
then President Olusegun Obasanjo,
pointing out that he was coming in
as President, he will handle the
matter frontally as the Lake had the
potentials to create millions of jobs
through irrigation and many other
commercial uses it had been
associated with over the years.
Buhari said he had suggested many
years ago, the need to take the
search for oil in the north seriously
not only to increase the export
potentials of Nigeria but also to
balance cross regional perceptions
and manage agitations so as to
enhance the stability of the country.
He promised to pay special attention
to the economic potentials of the
northeast so as to make it attractive
for investments.
Governor Kashim Shettima who led
the delegation had earlier said that
they visited Buhari to congratulate
him over his historic victory at the
polls. and to also remind him of
problems affecting Borno State which
he already knew.
Shettima said the people of Borno
felt attached to Buhari given his
background as someone that served
as military governor in the state,
adding that the citizens looked up to
him with so much hope because he
was very much familiar with their
problems.

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GMB and Boko boys are one nah so to curtail the problem is not a big deal.

That's good of him. Nigerians are watching him very closely..

A better Nigeria favours us all. I didn't vote for him, but wouldn't go as far as sabotaging his administration just to discredit him. I just don't want most of his supporters here making excuses for him. They should allow him carry out his election promises, and we'll re-evaluate in 4years time, because going by the way the campaigns went, I think its fair to say that he can solve majority of Nigeria's problems in 4years.

The Only Tin U can do 4 Us is to give Us BIafra

In the mind of all Igbos we don't see you as our president, we cant forget so quick what loss u caused our Igbo brodas up North when you Lost d 2011 elections.. Churches dat were burnt, people dat were Killed, properties dat were destroyed.

In Short, We don't want anyone 2 rule us, we want 2 Rule ourselves.

Biafra is not 2 small 2 be a country, it is even Larger dan Togo and many other countries.

D dream of Ojukwu in already embedded in d DNA of Unborn IGBO babies 2 show u how deep it Is.

D Forcely marriage btw the Northern and southern protectorate is a marriage dat is meant 2 be Divorced one day, Possibly dis Year.