Osinbajo declares Boko Haram defeated
Just days after Boko Haram bombers attacked Borno state and killed several people, acting president Yemi Osinbajo has declared the insurgent group defeated.
The Nation reports that Osinbajo made the declaration on Tuesday, February 21 at the 16th edition of the National Productivity Day and conferment of National Productivity Order of Merit Award on some individuals and corporate bodies.
The acting president vowed that nobody or group will be allowed to hold Nigeria to ransom under any guise.
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“Boko Haram has been defeated and its members are only resorting to cowardly attacks on soft targets, killing innocent men, women and children. Despite this, the residents of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states, including several neighbouring states, are now going about their daily business in relative safety.
“Besides Boko Haram, a new insurgency has arisen in the form of blowing up gas and oil pipelines by groups of Niger Delta militants. This administration will not allow them to hold the country to ransom. While security is being beefed up in the areas, we shall intensify our on-going dialogue with the various stakeholders in the region.”
Osinbajo also promised that other aspects of the Nigerian society like the economy would also be taken care of too.
“We are working tirelessly and will continue to do so with hard work, diligence and honesty. Delivery may be a bit slow, but the promised change will come in no distant time.
“Our economy is no doubt currently facing serious challenges. Before now, the economy had been purely monolithic having relied solely on oil as its major source of revenue.
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“The dwindling oil prices and the disruption in supply occasioned by the insecurity in the Niger Delta made us to realise the urgent need for diversification of our economy with emphasis on sectors that will improve employment prospects for our young people.”
Meanwhile, the National Emergency Management Agency has said that about 310,000 Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs), from seven local governments areas of Borno state, have returned home following liberation of their communities and return of peace.
Muhammad Kanar, the NEMA North-East Coordinator said this on Tuesday, February in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.
Source: Legit.ng
