President Goodluck Jonathan undertook an unscheduled visit to Maiduguri on Thursday during which he announced to victims that latest security briefs before him indicate that Boko haram insurgency will soon be a thing of the past.
The president gave this assurance at a camp located at a 300 units of teachers houses being constructed by Borno Government in Maiduguri, now being occupied by persons recently displaced from Baga following a deadly attack that left over one hundred persons dead.
“I believe from the briefing I got from security services that most of these people will soon be relocated to their communities. We want a situation where, we know most of their houses have been destroyed, but immediately we take over the areas and secure it, we will create camps within their communities and assist them financially so that they will gradually move away from the camps. We have similar plan for people who are in neighboring countries, Cameroon, Niger and Chad.”
“It is a sad thing to be talking about internally displaced person, nobody is happy that you are displaced within your own land. Of course we all know that the issue of terror is global but the excesses of Boko Haram are quite traumatic for all of us. And we know that my good friend the governor of Borno State will not sleep because when I was the governor, I have some tough time too in the Niger Delta. The issue of militancy is not an easy job to manage.”
“As a president I feel traumatized whenever I hear about these excesses, I feel very burdened. Let me reassure all of you and indeed the IDP’s that government is working very hard that you do not stay in these camps for too long,” The president reiterated.
He assured the displaced people to bear with the federal government as his administration was doing everything possible to see that they returned to their communities.
The president called on both federal and state agencies to cooperate and work together to assist the people.
President Jonathan had earlier visited the headquarters of the Nigerian Army at the Maimalari barracks where he assured officers and soldiers of his government continuous support in the fight against the Boko Haram insurgents.
He commended the effort and sacrifices made by officers and soldiers in the ongoing war against the Boko Haram.
According to him, the armed forces was better off now in terms of equipment, adding that his government will do all it can to equip them more.
At the Maimalari barracks, the chief of army staff, Lt Gen. Kenneth Mimimah said the president was in the state to interact with officers and soldiers for the sacrifices they were making in the ongoing war against the Boko Haram in the North East.
Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima thanked the president for the visit which he said had rekindle hope and confidence of the people that the insurgency problem will soon come to an end.
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