A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, and two others, have asked the Federal Government to raise N300bn emergency special intervention funds for the reconstruction of Yobe and Borno states.
This, they said, should be at N60bn a year over a period of five years for reconstruction projects.
The two others are Ambassador Baba Kaigama and Ibrahim Bunu, an architect.
They stated this in the memorandum on the security challenges in the two states the elders submitted on Thursday to the National Conference, in Abuja.
The elders accused security agencies of being responsible for some of the atrocities visited on innocent civilians in the North-East.
They recalled how the Boko Haram started its violent activities in 2003.
They also explained how the killing of the Boko Haram leader, Mohammed Yusuf, had led to “distrust between the public and members of the security agencies who up to now had failed to win the hearts and minds of the people.”
The elders queried the decision by the government to disband the civilian JTF without any alternative plan to secure the cities.
“Both Maiduguri and Damaturu had experienced a rare period of peace before bombs and wanton shootings returned to Maiduguri recently,” they stated.
The writers appealed to Boko Haram members to dialogue with the Federal Government in the interest of all.
While thanking government for its efforts to alleviate the suffering of victims of insurgency, they added that the 600 trucks of grains releases to victims in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa were “nowhere near adequate”.
They urged the government to make proper budgetary allocations to address the effects in the affected states.
They also urged the Federal Government to deploy additional troops to forestall a return by the insurgents after the current government offensive succeeds.
The writers appealed to government “as a matter of urgency, transfer all students of secondary schools and colleges in the affected states to other states. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Take a ticket and wait in line. Biafran war atrocity vistims will collect first then Odi and many many other places first. 300 billion? Just like that eh?
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ReplyDeletewhat did core north take theme self to be , failing in the gang up during last elections ,failing the country to lose security now demanding payment for what the cause now ,Biafra must collect first odi second , zaki biam,then all the places of worship that has been destroy by children of the same core north first b4 any demand can be made ,,okah said it in his message
ReplyDeleteElders of where? Who made them whose elders? They shuld have asked 300 trillion! So that their pocket will be filled up! So kingibe too is an elder! Imagine! That traitor that is part of the people that recked Nigeria into his present state? And where were the elders when BH was killing policemen,immigration, warders, Corpers, bombing Churches etc? Was it FGN that asked to be bombing their own neighbourhood and killing their own children? So after killing and currently kidnapping teenagers govt shuld come and 'talk' with who? These demonic coward useless killers? I sorry for Jonathan! If only Nigeria has a President INDEED!
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