President Buhari has re-affirmed his government's determination to rid the country of terrorism and insurgency in the shortest possible time.
President Buhari has revealed that the victims of the Boko Haram sect will get the necessary support under his administration.
Buhari also re-affirmed his government’s determination to rid the country of terrorism and insurgency in the shortest possible time.
The President made the comments on Tuesday, June 30, 2015, after receiving a briefing on the work of the Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Department of the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA).
The report was presented by CVE head, Fatima Akilu who told Buhari that the department’s non-military approach was running concurrently with the armed onslaught against insurgents in the country.
She added that a National Security Corridor Program has been created to provide a safe route for those who wish to leave Boko Haram voluntarily, and that 47 erstwhile members of the group have embraced the program.
Akilu also said that along with the 47 former members of Boko Haram that had embraced the program, 22 women and girls who had been recruited as suicide bombers by the sect are now undergoing rehabilitation.
Details of the meeting were provided via a statement released by presidential media aide, Femi Adesina.