Post Boko Haram: Jonathan Plans Rehabilitation Of Borno, Yobe, Adamawa

President Goodluck Jonathan said  yesterday evening that he was looking forward to international support for federal government’s plans to rehabilitate the North-Eastern States of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe socio-economically after the Boko Haram menace had been substantially dealt with.

Accordingly, he said he was expecting to meet the heads of state and government of Benin Republic, Chad, Niger and Cameroon this weekend in Paris for talks on how Nigeria and their countries can strengthen and intensify collaboration against Boko Haram and other criminal organisations.

Jonathan who stated this in an audience with the British Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mr. Mark Simmonds at the Presidential Villa, Abuja restated Nigeria’s appreciation of the support being given by Britain and others for efforts to locate and rescue the school girls abducted from Chibok.

“If we all collaborate more, it will easier to eradicate Boko Haram and terrorism,” he said.

Simmonds, on his part, reiterated Britain’s commitment to giving Nigeria all required assistance to find and safely rescue the abducted girls, saying “We are keen to support Nigeria in every possible way and help you overcome present challenges.”

President Jonathan received solidarity calls from the Prime Minister of Algeria, Abdelmallek Sallel and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan.

They both expressed their willingness to share their counter-terrorism experiences with Nigeria and support the ongoing search and rescue operations in any possible way.

The President later received the United Nation’s Secretary-General’s Representative in West Africa, Ambassador Saidi Jinit.

He told Ambassador Jinit that the Federal Government will welcome help from the United Nations for the coordination of a planned victims support programme and a Victims Support Fund.

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