APC Offers 10-Point Strategies To End Boko Haram Menace

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rolled out a 10-point reform strategies that the Federal Government needs to win the fight against the Boko Haram insurgency and terrorism in the country.
The chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande while addressing a world press conference in Lagos, yesterday urged the building of a new intelligence gathering infrastructure that would find solution to preventing, limiting and responding better to Boko Haram attacks which does not lie in deploying more troop but in improving intelligence and increasing force enablers.
According to the APC chairman, there is need for improve contingency to create plans and conduct training exercises that reflect the challenges facing the country, pointing out that most militaries around the world have plans for the major challenges they are likely to face.
He enjoined the government to develop a strategy along the lines of the policy followed by late President Yar’Adua over the MEND insurgency in the Niger Delta through the use of employment and other rehabilitative incentives to separate the rank and file from Boko Haram’s leadership, saying that there is currently no publicly known counter-terrorism strategy guiding the response to Boo Haram.
Chief Akande observed that Boko Haram was unlikely to be  defeated militarily unless there was some form of negotiation while de-radicalising strategy since as he puts it, ‘the Northern region is in urgent need of a counter-radicalisation programme to prevent many more young people (illiterate and unemployed) from being radicalized, pointing out that such strategies would require initiatives to counter violent extremist ideology and create positive incentives against radicalization to give voice and representation to young people in the region.
The APC boss called for an effective information management and strategic communication in tackling the Boko Haram insurgency coupled with adequate economic development plan for the Northern Nigeria and more financial resources guided by clear objectives.
He also called for the involvement of civilian peace building organsations, noting that government needs to urgently involve local and international peace building organizations including NGOs, CSOs among others to design peace building initiatives for the North East.
The party hailed the offer of foreign assistance to help find the 234 girls abducted at Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, describing it as a welcome move.
The Tide reports that Britain, Canada, China, France, United States of America, ECOWAS and the UN among others have offered to assist Nigeria in fighting terrorism as well find the abducted secondary school girls in Chibok, Borno State.
Thanking all the friendly nations and global organizations that have expressed solidarity with the country, the APC urged those that have offered assistance to ensure it extends beyond finding the abducted girls to dealing a crushing blow to the terrorists and defeating them once and for all.

Shedie Okpara

Governor Chibuike Amaechi Congratulating Mr Tom Jackson Orage, immediately after his swearing-in as a member of the State Judicial Service Commission in Port Harcourt.