President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said the Federal Government was determined to liberate all territories occupied by Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East.
Jonathan gave the assurance at the launch of the Presidential Initiative for the North-East (PINE) in Maiduguri.
Represented by Alhaji Mohammed Wakil, the Minister of State for Power, Jonathan said government was in the process of deploying more troops and resources to ensure quick liberation of the occupied territories.
He said government would unveil a Marshal Plan for the rehabilitation, reconstruction and redevelopment of the area soon after the insurgents had been dislodged.
The President added that government had introduced numerous intervention programmes to alleviate the sufferings of the people affected by the insurgency.
He named some of them to include the Presidential Initiative for the North-East headed by the National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, and the Presidential Committee on Distribution of Relief Materials headed by NEMA Director-General, Malam Sani Sid.
Others are the Victims Support Fund chaired by former Defence Minister, Lt.- Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, and the Safe School Initiative coordinated by the Minister of the Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Abdul Bulama, who attended the PINE launch, lamented the magnitude of destruction meted out to residents by the insurgents in the North-East.
He said “the Federal Government has for long realised that boots and guns alone cannot solve the problems in the North-East.
“The underlying factors causing the insurgency to thrive must ultimately be addressed holistically so as to stem the possibility of re-occurrence.”
Cabals u could not stop, insurgent u failed. We are tired of promise and fail. Give another person chance to finish them later u can now can come back
ReplyDeleteWhat a MUG!
ReplyDeletethis man too dey lie...very soon u will talk abeg bringing the dead back to life..jona no talk again we go manage u as u be cos u still beta pass 30 aboki's put together
ReplyDeleteThe North should see this as a plot by this administration to weaken them. This is just a calculated strategy. Keep believing this moron. Has no good intentions for the north.
ReplyDeleteBedtime stories. Keep quiet pls. Election story.
ReplyDeleteStory story. Tell us òther thin I beg.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a drunk talking. Do and park your load. ALIKA
ReplyDeleteu ll surely over come these trying times. God is wt u. Ur enemies ll b put to shame. Ride on GEJ
ReplyDeleteMr president, as much that we Nigerians are willing to forgive your ignorance we might not be that willing to forgive your imputence. What do you take us for? Fools am sure not even your so-called cabinet member believes that, so Oga jona we know by now what and what you are capable of achieving.
ReplyDeleteYou have actually failed with Boko Haram. However, I know you applied everything possible but that is not enough. YOU FAILED BECAUSE YOU ARE BUSY FIGHTING INSURGENCE WITHOUT FIGHTING THE ENEMIES WITHIN. (The military assisting them). If you destroy the army personnel assisting insurgency then you can tackle insurgency with great success. However you are still better than Buhari, that is the only reason we will vote for you again because there is no better candidate
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