CHAIRMAN of the Northern State
Governors’ Forum, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, on Sunday repeated the forum’s
call on the Federal Government to deploy more security personnel and
superior military equipment in the fight against insurgents in the
North.
Aliyu, who is also the Nigeria State
governor, was reacting to the killing on Saturday of 29 persons by
unknown gunmen in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. He
also urged the military to review its counter-insurgency strategy to
protect innocent citizens who are being killed daily by members of the
Boko Haram.
“While we agreed in our last meeting in
Kaduna to deal decisively with the worsening security challenges being
posed by the cattle rearers, we call on the Federal Government to
consider a national policy to settle nomads and provide adequate grazing
reserves and cattle routes,” Aliyu said in a statement signed by his
Chief Press Secretary, Danladi Ndayebo.
The forum also reiterated its appeal to
the Federal Government to “provide adequate funds to Borno, Yobe and
Adamawa states, which are being afflicted with the problem of
insurgency, in order to address attendant issues.”
It hailed the military for restricting
trans-border movements between Nigeria and Cameroon, urging security
agencies to do all within their powers to halt the killing of innocent
persons in the region.
The northern governors had at the end of
their meeting in Kaduna on Monday last week agreed to adopt a common
approach towards combating insecurity in the region.
They agreed to downplay political differences and work towards a common goal of a united, peaceful and a prosperous North.
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