Federation, Ambassador Babagana Kingibe,
and two others, have asked the Federal
Government to raise N300bn emergency
special intervention funds for the
reconstruction of Yobe and Borno states.
This, they said, should be at N60bn a year
over a period of five years for reconstruction
projects.
The two others are Ambassador Baba Kaigama
and Ibrahim Bunu, an architect.
They stated this in the memorandum on the
security challenges in the two states the
elders submitted on Thursday to the National
Conference, in Abuja.
The elders accused security agencies of being
responsible for some of the atrocities visited
on innocent civilians in the North-East.
They recalled how the Boko Haram started its
violent activities in 2003.
They also explained how the killing of the
Boko Haram leader, Mohammed Yusuf, had
led to "distrust between the public and
members of the security agencies who up to
now had failed to win the hearts and minds of
the people."
The elders queried the decision by the
government to disband the civilian JTF without
any alternative plan to secure the cities.
"Both Maiduguri and Damaturu had
experienced a rare period of peace before
bombs and wanton shootings returned to
Maiduguri recently," they stated.
The writers appealed to Boko Haram members
to dialogue with the Federal Government in
the interest of all.
While thanking government for its efforts to
alleviate the suffering of victims of
insurgency, they added that the 600 trucks of
grains releases to victims in Borno, Yobe and
Adamawa were "nowhere near adequate".
They urged the government to make proper
budgetary allocations to address the effects in
the affected states.
They also urged the Federal Government to
deploy additional troops to forestall a return
by the insurgents after the current
government offensive succeeds.
The writers appealed to government "as a
matter of urgency, transfer all students of
secondary schools and colleges in the affected
states to other states.
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