Terrorism: FG Begins Arrangement To Sustain Peace in North-East

By CHRISTIANA NWAOGU The federal government has announced its support for the West Africa Conflict and Security Team in its efforts to sustain peace in the north-east of the country affected by insurgency. Minister of Interior, Gen. Abdulraman Dambazau (rtd), disclosed this yesterday in Abuja when he played host to a delegation from the West Africa Conflict and Security Team. Dambazau, who maintained that sustaining peace in the much devastated north -east is as good as winning the war against terrorism, pledged government’s readiness to restore calm and normalcy to the region and the country at large. Describing terrorism as a global problem, the minister said that the activities of Boko Haram in the north-east is a national headache. He said, “We know that the ministry has been up and doing in dealing with insurgency in the north-east but it does not stop at winning the war but also winning the peace. “This is where the Ministry of Interior comes in. We want to assure you that we will do everything possible to support you to bring back peace in that region after the military would have won the war. “So, for us here, whatever we can do to add value to the effort you are making we are ready to do that. Like I said, terrorism is a global problem and terrorism is beyond the north-east.” Also speaking, the ministry’s permanent secretary, Bassey Akpanyung, said the issue of post conflicts in the affected areas in Nigeria was important to the present administration, saying in the coming days they will be meeting again as smaller groups to look into the arrangements. Earlier, leader of the delegation, Catherine Weiss, told Danbazau that the team had come to continue the discussion on how to develop security assessment in Nigeria.