Buhari stated further that Nigeria would also have better coordination with neighbouring countries in order to combat the activities of terrorist sect, Boko Haram.
Gen. Muhammadu Buhari
President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari has said that he will restore military ties with the US when he assumes office.
Buhari
stated further that Nigeria would also have better coordination with
neighbouring countries in order to combat the activities of terrorist
sect, Boko Haram.
This was contained in an article published by the New York Times on Tuesday, April 14, 2015.
It reads:
“My
administration would welcome the resumption of a military training
agreement with the United States, which was halted during the previous
administration. We must, of course, have better coordination with the
military campaigns our African allies, like Chad and Niger, are waging
in the struggle against Boko Haram. But, in the end, the answer to this
threat must come from within Nigeria.”
“We must
start by deploying more troops to the front and away from civilian areas
in central and southern Nigeria where for too long they have been used
by successive governments to quell dissent.”
“We
must work closer with our neighbours in coordinating our military
efforts so an offensive by one army does not see their country’s rid of
Boko Haram only to push it across the border onto their neighbour’s
territory.”
Buhari also attempted to explain the reason behind the sect’s activities and its apparent resistance to education.
“If
you are starving and young, and in search of answers as to why your
life is so difficult, fundamentalism can be alluring. We know this for a
fact because former members of Boko Haram have admitted it: They offer
impressionable young people money and the promise of food, while the
group’s mentors twist their minds with fanaticism.”
“So,
we must be ready to offer the parts of our country affected by this
group an alternative. Boosting education will be a direct
counter-balance to Boko Haram’s appeal.”
“In
particular we must educate more young girls, ensuring they will grow up
to be empowered through learning to play their full part as citizens of
Nigeria and pull themselves up and out of poverty. Indeed, we owe it to
the schoolgirls of Chibok to provide as best an education as possible
for our fellow young citizens.”
“It is our intention to show Boko Haram that it will not succeed,” Buhari said.
President
Goodluck Jonathan’s administration cancelled US training of Nigerian
soldiers citing a lack of sincerity on the part of the Americans.
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