—Says FG won’t rest until peace is
restored, IDPs return to state
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari in
Maiduguri, the Borno State capital
Thursday said that it was in
appreciation for the sacrifice made
by Borno State’s volunteers in the
fight against Boko Haram that the
Nigerian Army was authorized to
enlist hundreds of the volunteers
from the State into the Army.
President Buhari also said that the
work of defeating insurgency and
terrorism and of restoring permanent
peace to the North East region was
not yet over.
The President, who was on official
visit to Borno State to appraise the
security situation and commission
some development projects, assured
citizens of the Federal Government’s
presence in fighting terrorism to the
end, and ensuring that Internally
Displaced Persons (IDPs) were fully
returned to continue normal lives.
He commended the state Governor,
Prof. Babagana Zulum for his
resilience and relentless efforts in
rebuilding the state.
The President attributed recent
successes recorded by the military
against insurgents and terrorists at
Dikwa, Damboa and Gwoza to careful
planning, infusion of new equipment
and other war materials as well as
quality military leadership.
In a statement issued by his Senior
Special Assistant on Media and
Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu,
President Buhari said, “I am very
happy to be here in Borno State once
again. I consider Maiduguri and
Borno State to be my home since this
is the place where I cut my
administrative and political teeth,
when I first arrived here as Military
Governor 46 years ago.
“While I am happy to return home, I
am not happy that this visit is not a
normal, peacetime home-coming. I
am here today first and foremost to
appraise the security situation in
Borno State and the North East region
in order to move full speed ahead
and conclude the work of restoring
permanent peace to the region.
“The attacks launched by cowardly
terrorists against military and civilian
targets last month and in previous
months were a pointer to us that the
work of defeating insurgency and
terrorism and of restoring permanent
peace to this region is not yet over.
“We will not rest until all the millions
of Internally Displaced Persons are
able to return and resettle in their
homes and rebuild their shattered
lives,” he said.

The President said all the Service
Chiefs that were appointed this year
either served as Theatre
Commanders or were part of the
command’s operations at one time or
the other.
“All of them are therefore personally
familiar with the challenge of
insurgency. I fully expect them to
bring this wealth of personal
experience to bear as we move to
end this scourge once and for all.
“No doubt, these successes owe a
lot to the role played by volunteers of
the Civilian JTF, hunters and
vigilantes. These good people
include women, who are making
huge sacrifices and patriotic
contributions to our peace-
restoration efforts,” he added.
He noted that many servicemen and
women as well as youthful
volunteers had paid the supreme
price in the fight to rid our
communities and our country of
terrorism and insurgency,
appreciating their gallantry and their
sacrifices.
He assured their loved ones that the
sacrifices will not be in vain.
According to him, “I must also
acknowledge the very important role
and the sacrifices made by parents,
guardians and other loved ones
amongst the people of Borno State,
the North East region and the country
as a whole, who support their sons,
daughters, husbands, brothers and
sisters in going to battlefields to
defend Nigeria’s sovereignty,
territorial integrity and its peace. I
thank and commend them for their
resilience and assure them success
is in sight.
“It was a mark of our appreciation for
this sacrifice made by Borno State’s
volunteers that the Nigerian Army
was authorised to enlist hundreds of
volunteers from Borno State into the
Army. I urge the people of Borno
State, the North East region and
Nigeria as a whole to sustain this
cooperation with the military and the
other security services. Both must
see each other as being on one side
in order for us to succeed.”
He said the late President Idris Deby
of Chad played a major role in the
fight against terrorism in the Lake
Chad region, urging his successors
to work hard in restoring democracy
to the country and support the
processes of bringing peace to the
region.
President Buhari said the recent
appointment of Ambassador
Babagana Kingibe, an illustrious son
of Borno State, as Special Envoy to
Chad and the Lake Chad Basin was
intended to accelerate the restoration
of democratic stability in Chad
Republic and enhance cooperation
among all the countries of the Lake
Chad Basin.
He said, “Let me also assure the
people of Borno and the North East
that we have taken decisive
measures to safeguard IDPs and
refugees who recently returned from
Cameroon and Niger Republic. They
are engaged in the task of rebuilding
their communities after more than a
decade of war and terrorism.
“It was part of these measures that I
gave approval for the Federal
Government to build 10,000
resettlement homes in Borno State.
4,000 of these homes have already
been completed. Furthermore, I
approved for constant release of food
intervention by Nigerian Customs
Service and the North East
Development Commission in order to
support displaced persons.
“I have directed these agencies to
sustain and deepen this support. I
also wish to specially commend His
Excellency Governor Babagana Umara
Zulum for his tireless efforts in
directly supervising the distribution
of food and economic empowerment
to IDPs in all Local Government
Areas,” President Buhari said.
The President noted that the effort at
alleviating the suffering of displaced
communities will hamper the evil
attempts of terrorists and insurgents
to recruit fighters and spies from
IDPs and other vulnerable
populations through the use of paltry
material incentives.
On electricity supply, President
Buhari said the administration will
continue to make concerted efforts
towards guaranteeing energy security
to all populace across the nation and
Maiduguri cannot, and will not be left
out.
The President said Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation had been
directed to expedite the delivery of
50MW power plant in order to ensure
the prompt restoration of electricity to
Maiduguri and its environs.
“Furthermore, in the light of the
current improvement of security in
the state, I have also issued
directives for the immediate
resumption of Oil & Gas exploration
activities in the Lake Chad basin.
This is part of our overall effort to
restore the state back to normalcy.
“One episode we will never forget in
our lives was last year’s cowardly
attack on defenceless rice farmers in
Zabarmari community. I have directed
the Theatre Command of Operation
HADIN KAI and other security
agencies to work out modalities
together with Borno State
Government and associations of
farmers, on ways to improve safe
access by farmers to their farms,
forests and fishing grounds.
“I have also directed the Nigeria
Security and Civil Defence Corps to
accord special support by deploying
more agro rangers, through
collaboration with Borno State
Government, to secure additional
farmlands. I highly commend the
Borno State Government for its
initiative in deploying the agro
rangers. We will extend to it our full
support,” he added.
The President said Governor Zulum’s
effort at providing facilities that
directly impact the livelihood of
people, particularly building
educational and health institutions,
and constructing roads deserved
applause.
“I have gone round to commission
some of the capital projects executed
by Governor Zulum in two years. I am
very happy with what I saw. The
Vocational Training Institute at Muna,
in particular, is a very dynamic
answer to skills acquisition and job
creation efforts. Such an effort will
ensure that in future, there will be no
store of unemployed young minds for
terrorists and insurgents to recruit
from.
“I was exceedingly happy to
commission very laudable capital
projects executed at the Borno State
University. It is the best answer that
the decade-long effort of insurgents
to disrupt and destroy modern
education in this region has come to
naught. I have directed the Federal
Ministry of Health to liaise with Borno
State Government and accord the
needed support to the ongoing
construction of Borno State University
Teaching Hospital in the areas of
equipment and personnel.
“Finally, let me, from the bottom of
my heart and on behalf of the Federal
Government and the people of
Nigeria, commend His Royal
Highness the Shehu of Borno, as well
as all the other Royal Highnesses
and Bulamas at all levels for their
very exemplary leadership, patience,
determination and wisdom during this
past decade when this land was
ravaged by insurgency and
terrorism.”
The President said the fact that Royal
Highnesses now operate from their
domains was evidence that peace
was being restored to the
communities, despite the challenges
that remain to be overcome.
“The elders, statesmen, Muslim and
Christian community leaders all over
this state and region also deserve
our thanks and warm appreciation for
their resilience, moral leadership and
support for the Federal and State
Governments during these trying
times.
“I wish to reassure Your Highness
the Shehu, all the Royal Highnesses,
elders, the Government and people of
Borno State and the North East
region, of Federal Government’s
relentless determination in the
search for peace in Borno, the
Northeast and the rest of Nigeria. We
will never rest until peace is fully
restored and all displaced persons
are resettled in their home
communities.
“I will never forget in my life that
during my career as a politician,
Borno State is where I got the
highest percentage of votes, more
than 90 percent! The least I can do
for you is to continue the relentless
effort to fully restore peace to this
state, the North East region and the
country as a whole,” he added.
In his remarks, Governor Zulum
thanked the President for the relative
peace enjoyed in the State, buoyed
by the heavy presence of military and
security men who have been
engaging the terrorists.
“We have witnessed gradual return of
peace to Borno State and it is our
sincere hope that insurgency will
soon be brought to an end,” he said.
The Governor said he had already
spent 750 days in office, appreciating
the President for various
developmental interventions, which
includes infrastructure, particularly
the approval of 10,000 units of
housing for IDPs of which 4,000 had
been completed.
The Governor thanked the President
for approval of a Federal Polytechnic
in Mongonu after forty years of
creation, 1976, urging more security
presence so that farmers can return
to their major occupation.
Vanguard News Nigeria

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The president of Nigeria lies shamelessly

Nairaland BMC Zone Bs

You will eat that 30k

Your punishment will be everyday disgrace that will be left to you to defend

Wow

Imagine having to defend that here is security now in a state where an army formation was burnt by ISWAP few days ago

Boo.hari is the G.O.A.T of Failures.

Know this Know peace

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Psychopath in garb clothings

Hope volunteer vigilantes in the south will be integrated into the Army too for their sacrifice.

Buhari is everything NEPOTISM

Smh!