President Goodluck Jonathan on
Tuesday ruled out the possibility that the Federal Government would pay
compensation to victims of the members of the violent Islamic sect, Boko
Haram, but said the government might assist the affected people “to get
back on track.”.
The President, who spoke on Tuesday in Abuja, admitted that despite the efforts of the nation’s security agencies targeted at curtailing the activities of members of the sect, his administration could not be said to have won the war against terror.
Jonathan spoke shortly after receiving the report of the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North chaired by the Minister of Special Duties, Alhaji Taminu Turaki (SAN) at the Presidential Villa.
He said it was unfortunate that within the period that the sect started its campaign of violence in parts of the country, it has overtaken the records of age-long terror groups in other countries hence leading to its classification as one of the most deadly terror groups globally.
He however expressed the belief that with the recommendations contained in the committee’s report, his administration would bring the excesses of the sect’s members to an end.
While ruling out compensation for victims of the violence orchestrated by the sect, the President however said his government was favourably disposed to the suggestion by the Committee to assist victims get back on track.
He also expressed his administration’s readiness to consider the committee’s call for the establishment of an advisory committee on continuous dialogue with members of the sect.
He said he believed strongly that force alone cannot restore the required peace to the troubled parts of the country.
source:
http://www.punchng.com/news/jonathan-rules-out-compensation-for-boko-haram-victims/
The President, who spoke on Tuesday in Abuja, admitted that despite the efforts of the nation’s security agencies targeted at curtailing the activities of members of the sect, his administration could not be said to have won the war against terror.
Jonathan spoke shortly after receiving the report of the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North chaired by the Minister of Special Duties, Alhaji Taminu Turaki (SAN) at the Presidential Villa.
He said it was unfortunate that within the period that the sect started its campaign of violence in parts of the country, it has overtaken the records of age-long terror groups in other countries hence leading to its classification as one of the most deadly terror groups globally.
He however expressed the belief that with the recommendations contained in the committee’s report, his administration would bring the excesses of the sect’s members to an end.
While ruling out compensation for victims of the violence orchestrated by the sect, the President however said his government was favourably disposed to the suggestion by the Committee to assist victims get back on track.
He also expressed his administration’s readiness to consider the committee’s call for the establishment of an advisory committee on continuous dialogue with members of the sect.
He said he believed strongly that force alone cannot restore the required peace to the troubled parts of the country.
source:
http://www.punchng.com/news/jonathan-rules-out-compensation-for-boko-haram-victims/
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