JONATHAN WANTS SOLUTION TO BOKO HARAM IN THREE MONTHS

President Goodluck Jonathan inaugurated the presidential committee on peaceful resolution of security challenges in the northern part of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja.

He mandated it to proffer solutions to the Boko-Haram insurgence in three months, and asked the members to use their wealth of experience in finding lasting solution to menace.Also on Wednesday, the president inaugurated a 17-member committee on proliferation of small arms and light weapons.

`The second committee that I am also inaugurating that has to do with dialogue and peaceful resolution of security challenges in the north is quite critical.

`All Nigerians are expecting this committee to perform magic and we pray that Allah should give you the wisdom to do so.

 “Because without peace we cannot develop no matter how committed we are; without peace we cannot progress as a nation.

 “The Federal Government is ready to work with you and any other organisation to make sure that these excesses of Boko Haram is brought to an end. So that as a nation we should face issues of development not issues of conflict, issues of peace not issues of disaster.’’

 The president said the committee should establish a link and open up dialogue with members of the Boko Haram and also develop a framework for their disarmament.

 He said the committee should also work out a sustainable option that would lead to the granting of amnesty to the group.

 The president added that the committee should develop a comprehensive support programme for the victims of the excesses of the group.

He said the committee should suggest ways to address the underlining causes of the crisis to ensure that the country did not face similar trend in the future.

Source: Punch