Prominent
northerners including the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Mohammed Uwais
and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Ambassador Babagana
Kingibe and former Nigerian Ambassador to the United Nations, Ibrahim Gambari
have asked the President -elect, General Muhammadu Buhari to declare
amnesty for Boko Haram insurgents when he takes over power on May 29.
They also asked Buhari to give priority attention to the special economic programmes for the North East geopolitical zone which had been ravaged by the Boko Haram terrorists, just as they warned against the scrapping of the on-going amnesty programme for ex-militants in the Niger Delta region
This request was made in a communiqué issued after a two-day conference with the theme: “Security and Governance Challenges in Africa’s largest Democracy,” by the Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development, SCDDD, as part of its “Nigeria Beyond 12015 Project,” in Abuja yesterday.
The communiqué was signed by Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, founder of Savannah Centre, Major General Ishola Williams, Executive Secretary, Pan-African Strategic and Peace Research Group, PAN-AFSTRAG, Justice Mohammed Uwais- chairman of the occasion and Ambassador Abdullahi Omaki, executive director of the Savannah Centre.
They also called on the Federal Government
They also asked Buhari to give priority attention to the special economic programmes for the North East geopolitical zone which had been ravaged by the Boko Haram terrorists, just as they warned against the scrapping of the on-going amnesty programme for ex-militants in the Niger Delta region
This request was made in a communiqué issued after a two-day conference with the theme: “Security and Governance Challenges in Africa’s largest Democracy,” by the Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development, SCDDD, as part of its “Nigeria Beyond 12015 Project,” in Abuja yesterday.
The communiqué was signed by Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, founder of Savannah Centre, Major General Ishola Williams, Executive Secretary, Pan-African Strategic and Peace Research Group, PAN-AFSTRAG, Justice Mohammed Uwais- chairman of the occasion and Ambassador Abdullahi Omaki, executive director of the Savannah Centre.
They also called on the Federal Government
‘’to
expedite action on the compensation of victims of Boko Haram terrorism and
insurgency through the established and funded Victims’ Support Fund,’’ and for
urgent priority attention to the special economic programme for the North East
by the incoming administration, just as they condemned ‘’the carnage,
devastations and displacements, which the Boko Haram group inflicted upon many
innocent Nigerians in the north east region.’’
They also called
‘’for the
establishment of a special economic programme for the affected states of the
North-East, focusing on rehabilitation, resettlement and reconstruction,’’ as
well as on the need for ‘’the governors of the North-East States and indeed of
the entire North, on the necessity for a blueprint that addresses the issues of
vocational and skills-acquisition education for the youths.’’
However,
Dr. Junaid Mohammed, dismissed the request saying it would amount to
rewarding criminals instead of punishing them for crimes against humanity.
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