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We Will Persuade Boko Haram To Accept Amnesty – Pmb by Anasko(m): 5:54am On Dec 26, 2015 |
President Muhammadu Buhari has once again
reiterated the resolve of his administration to
persuade Boko Haram insurgents to accept
peace.
Speaking at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja when the
FCT Christian Community paid him a Christmas
homage, President Buhari said his administration
will use government institutions to persuade the
insurgents to allow peace to reign.
LEADERSHIP recalls that on Thursday that
President Buhari in an interview with the BBC,
declared that Nigeria has “technically won the
war” against Boko Haram.
According to him, Boko Haram insurgents have
been sent away from Yobe and Adamawa states
and now remain a force in its heartland of Borno
state.
However, with the latest statement from the
president, it seems the President is using the
carrot and stick approach in the fight against the
insurgents with this new window of opportunity
for negotiations with the Boko Haram sect.
His words: “On Boko Haram, this government is
determined to make sure that we persuade them
if they can be persuaded, we will use government
institutions to persuade them to allow peace to
reign.
“We appreciate that security agencies are doing
their best and it is showing, and we have to
continue praying for them.”
He stressed that there can be no development
without security, adding that they have to
continue to pray for the security agencies.
President Buhari also recalled that from the
analysis of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
during the campaign, the three biggest problems
the party discovered are security, unemployment
of youths which make up 65 per cent of the
population and 65 per cent of them are
unemployed.
The other challenges, according to him are
“bribery and corruption”. We are not too happy
but we are happy that our analysis of the
problems have not been challenged.”
He maintained that as leaders, they have a
weighty responsibility to ensure that infrastructure
for the orphans are taken care of.
“If we have 2million people IDPs and 70 per cent
are women and children and some of them are
orphans, they grew up not knowing their parents.
“As leaders, we wake with the feeling for those
children, the most important thing is that they
must not be denied education; schools must be
rebuilt. We also thank Danjuma and the G7 led by
the U.S., they have been doing their best to help
Nigeria to train our military “.
He also expressed appreciation for the visit from
the Christian leaders, adding that, “I am pleased
that all the communities are well represented, I
don’t know what kind of host I have as I don’t
get to move around freely”.
President Buhari appealed to Nigerians to come
together and pull the country out of this problem.
“Everybody in the world believes that Nigeria is a
lucky country because of its natural resources.
Our problem is how to organise ourselves and
how to get the right leadership in place.” http://leadership.ng/news/486585/will-persuade-boko-haram-accept-amnesty-pmb 1 Like |
Re: We Will Persuade Boko Haram To Accept Amnesty – Pmb by Mynd44: 5:58am On Dec 26, 2015 |
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