The Minister of Special Duties, Mr. Kabiru Turaki, has promised to intensify discussions with insurgent groups with a view to ensuring a quick end to the security challenge facing the nation, the News Agency of Nigeria reported on Friday.
This promise was contained in a Sallah message issued by the minister’s Special Assistant (Media), Mr. Okey Muogbo, in Abuja.
Turaki is the chairman of the
Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of the
Security Challenges in the North.
The message said the chairman and
members of the committee were aware of the enormous challenges in the
dialogue process and reassured Nigerians of the commitment of the
committee to dialogue.
It said as patriotic Nigerians, they
were committed to discharging their duty of ensuring that peace returned
to the North and by extension, the whole country.
He urged members of the insurgent groups
who have not yet accepted dialogue to, as good Muslims, use the
occasion of the Sallah to accept the dialogue.
He also called on the insurgents to
accept the dialogue option offered by the Federal Government and come to
the negotiation table.
“This is the only way to air their grievances and discuss a peaceful end to the crisis in the North.
“The search for a permanent solution to
the security challenge in the North requires the efforts and commitment
of all Nigerians,” he stated.
He stressed that the committee had made
progress in the discharge of its mandate, including recommending the
release of innocent women and children detained by security agents.
This, Turaki contended, helped to ease tension and win the trust of members of the insurgents.
He assured Nigerians that the ongoing
discussions with the insurgents who had already renounced violence would
be intensified in the coming days.
He said the committee expected more insurgents to accept the dialogue option to give peace a chance.
“The business of ensuring that we have a more peaceful and secured society is our collective responsibility.
“I pray that God will guide and assist
us in this Herculean task which my committee has been charged to bring
to a successful end,” he said.
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