₦airaland Forum

Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Yahaya, has expressed displeasure over the amount paid by the Federal Government as compensation for taking over the state-owned NYSC orientation camp to host Operation Safe Corridor.

OPSC located in Kwami, Malam Sidi is operated by the defence headquarters for the de-radicalisation, rehabilitation and reintegration of repentant Boko Haram members.

The facility was built by the Ibrahim Dankwambo administration for the mandatory three-week orientation course of corps members posted to the state.

Speaking through the Secretary to the Government of Gombe State, Prof Ibrahim Njodi, while receiving a delegation of senior military officers from the Defence Headquarters on Tuesday, Yahaya said the state was compelled to embark on constructing a new orientation camp in the Boltongo district after the takeover of the Malam Sidi facility.


Yahaya said, “The Federal Government paid us only N1.4bn in compensation, yet we have already spent over N5bn to put up a new NYSC orientation camp. That is almost three times the amount we were given.”

He explained that despite initial scepticism among residents of the host community, the government’s collaboration with security agencies has helped build confidence.


“Through constant engagement and well-mapped strategies, we have been able to allay the fears of our citizens, especially in Malam Sidi, where the programme is hosted,” he said.

While reiterating his administration’s support for the success of Operation Safe Corridor, Yahaya assured the Armed Forces that Gombe would continue to partner with security agencies in the de-radicalisation and reintegration of repentant Boko Haram members.

Earlier, the leader of the visiting delegation, Rear Admiral Suleiman Haruna Abdullahi, said the team was in the state for an administrative assessment of Operation Safe Corridor.

“We have engaged traditional rulers, religious leaders, and members of the host community to better understand the realities on the ground,” he explained.

Abdullahi noted that the delegation’s findings would be transmitted to the Defence Headquarters “to strengthen good and effective governance.”

PulaPower:
Yahaya said, “The Federal Government paid us only N1.4bn in compensation, yet we have already spent over N5bn to put up a new NYSC orientation camp. That is almost three times the amount we were given.”

With the way the news is being reported, many up there didn’t even understand where the governor is driving at..

OgaSeun:
The north wants rehabilitation of its terrorists...
That's what the FG is giving them.
When the North is ready for freedom from insurgency they will speak out....
Here in the South we don't tolerate any form of terrorism...
So the north can keep breeding idiots... We have enough money to rehabilitate and reintegrate them back to Una...

OgaSeun:
The north wants rehabilitation of its terrorists...
That's what the FG is giving them.
When the North is ready for freedom from insurgency they will speak out....
Here in the South we don't tolerate any form of terrorism...
So the north can keep breeding idiots... We have enough money to rehabilitate and reintegrate them back to Una...

Brendaniel:
And the southeast wants to break out of Nigeria, why then is MNK is prison and why are the killing suspected IPOB members? why not grant them their wish?

just listen to yourself, logic, common sense and rationality is thrown away once you people want to defend your tribesman nonsense in power, you people kept on telling us that it was only Tinubu that could fight the north but here you are talking nonsense, I never thought in my life that I would ever see you guys from this perspective.

PulaPower:
Yahaya said, “The Federal Government paid us only N1.4bn in compensation, yet we have already spent over N5bn to put up a new NYSC orientation camp. That is almost three times the amount we were given.”

With the way the news is being reported, many up there didn’t even understand where the governor is driving at..

OctavianAC:
Both Punchnews and OP didn't present the news properly. In the real sense, the governor is not criticizing the payment or rehabilitation of the terrorists but protesting against low payment/refund.