--QUOTEOctober 13, 2015 by NANFG Approves N56 Billion for Development of Insurgency-Ravaged AreasThe Federal Government has released N56 billion toward rehabilitating victims an places ravaged by insurgency in the North-Eastern part of the country. Alhaji Muhammed Sani-Sidi, the Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), announced this at the second "Safe School Initiative Leaders'' meeting in Tehran, Iran. This is contained in a statement, signed by Ibrahim Farinloye, the Public Information Officer of NEMA, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. The statement quoted Sani-Sidi as saying that the government had released N53 billion for the Victims Support Fund (VSF) and N3 billion for the Presidential Initiative in theNorth-East (PINE)UNQUOTEQUOTEAugust 1, 2014The federal government on Thursday realised over N60 billion as individuals and groups donated to the Victims of Terror Support Fund launched in Abuja. The fund is expected to be used for the rehabilitation of victims of terror attacks across the nation.Over 13,000 people have been killed in attacks by the Boko Haram sect while hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced and thousands of property destroyed. Some of the largest donors on Thursday night include Theophilus Danjuma, $10 million;Aliko Dangote, N1 billion; Jim Ovia, N1 billion; Tony Elumelu, N2.5 billion; Mike Adenuga,N1 billiond; Wale Tinubu, N1 billion; Arthur Eze, $5 million; Mohammed Ndimi, $5 million, Kabiru Rabiu, N500 million; Dahiru Mangal N500 million; and Folorunsho Alakija, N500 million.Others include a group of oil sector players, N17 billion; bankers N15 billion, telecom sector players N1 billion; state governors, N3.7 billion; and ministers, N50 million. The Victims Support Fund is to be managed by a committee headed by Mr. Danjuma, a former Army chief and one of Nigeria's richest menUNQUOTEMy People:The alleged corruption affecting IDPs through the OSGF with respect to PINE implementation is as bad as corruption affecting soldiers fighting Boko Haram through the ONSA. It is a case of double jeopardy against citizen-victims. It must be dealt with firmly and expeditiously by the PMB administration - no ifs or buts - lest a charge of hypocrisy. Those against who prima-facie cases have been made should be investigated, let go and prosecuted as necessary. Time lines. on-the-ground evidence of projects, and especially bank statements must be perused scrupulously.The comprehensive functions of PCNI (Presidential Committee on NorthEast Initiative, established by President Buhari on October 26, 2016) relative to the defunct PINE (Presidential Initiative on North-East, established by President Goodluck Jonathan in August 2014/ lauched in Maiduguri on November 15, 2014) and VSF (Victims Support Fund, also established by President Goodluck Jonathan in July 2014, http://victimssupportfundng.org/ ) should also be properly delineated, to prevent any recurrence of corruption..And there you have it.Bolaji AlukoPS: PINE PROJECTSProject to clear grass in Yobe State..................................N248 million Project to clear "invasive plant species" on river banks....N253 millionProject to provide tents for small IDP families,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.. N422 millionRemainder.................................................. ................. N1,577 million ___________________________________________________________ Total....................................................... ...................N2,500 million Maybe "grass" and "invasive plant species" were euphemisms for invading "Boko Haram fighters?" Inquiring minds want to know._____________________________________ DAILY TRUSTN2.5 billion naira fraud in PINEBy Daily Trust | Publish Date: Dec 16 2016 2:00AMN2.5 billion naira fraud in PINESenate President, Dr.Bukola SarakiLast week, the Senate declared that it discovered a N2.5 billion fraud in the activities of the Presidential Initiative on the North East, PINE. PINE was created by former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2014 for the purposes of reconstruction and rehabilitation of communities attacked by Boko Haram. Senate's discovery was made during a public hearing held by its ad-hoc committee investigating the alleged diversion of relief materials meant for Internally Displaced Persons [IDPs] in the region.For example, PINE could not account for N2.5 billion it received for intervention projects in the region. Its secretary Umar Gulani failed to rationalize how the agency spent N203 million to clear grass in Yobe State. Yobe State's commissioner of information Alhaji Mohammed Lamin, who was at the public hearing, faulted the claim that such a project was ever executed in the state. He also disputed PINE's claim to have expended N253 million to clear "invasive plant species" on river banks in the state, as well as another claim that PINE spent N422 million to provide tents for small IDP families in Yobe State. The commissioner also challenged PINE's claim that it renovated 18 schools burnt down by Boko Haram, saying only three schools were rehabilitated by agencies outside of Yobe State.The Senate committee then directed the PINE secretary to produce within one week, documents and photographs of the projects it said it executed. One of the unfortunate aspects of the PINE saga is that many Nigerians think this is the North East intervention initiative headed by eminent statesman General T.Y. Danjuma but this is not so. While PINE was created as a think tank for the reconstruction efforts in the Northeast, Gen. Danjuma heads the Victims Support Fund, VSF, which was also inaugurated by President Jonathan in 2014. VSF's mandate was to coordinate the funds for the rebuilding of the region. Toward that objective, VSF now has N29 billion in its account. Danjuma also heads the Presidential Committee on the North East Initiative (PCNI) inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari in October this year. Stakeholders represented on PCNI's board include VSF, the military, Vice President's office, the House of Representatives etc. its mandate is to coordinate all rebuilding activities in the Northeast. VSF and PCNI are not being probed by the National Assembly, at least not yet.Indeed, President Muhammadu Buhari dissolved PINE on October 26, this year and instructed that PCNI should inherit its assets. So technically, PINE no longer exists although its assets and records should be with PCNI. It is not clear under whose leadership PINE incurred its questionable expenditure. Its first secretary was Professor Soji Adelaja, who passed the baton to Umar Gulani at the beginning of 2016. Umar Gulani has said that he complied with Senate's directive to submit documents and pictures of the projects PINE executed "and wish for a physical inspection of the projects by all concerned." Gulani also said that he was not an executive secretary at PINE, so he had no authority to "approve expenditure of a single kobo."We believe that the lesson here, a lesson which keeps being reiterated on a daily basis in Nigeria, is that our functionaries can and will steal from anyone. Some Nigerians leaders steal from God during pilgrimages and religious programs; judges steal from the dead while sharing estates to inheritors. It is not therefore very surprising if officials are stealing from the helpless and the displaced people among their compatriots. This degeneration into satanic default anytime there's a national assignment is not only disgraceful but it also blights hopes that we carry of urgently fixing this country.No matter, Senate's investigations should be concluded urgently and the culprits should be identified and punished. We also advice all outside intervention agencies to liaise with the state governments concerned in order to identify areas of need and projects required. Sitting in faraway places to select intervention programs for the Northeast easily leads to unconscionable waste, squander and plunder.Read more at http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/editorial/n2-5-billion-nai ra-fraud-in-pine/176255.html#O u8EYvW8cVY7tu75.99 -----------DAILY TRUSTPapers that put Babachir on the spotBy Anthony Maliki | Publish Date: Dec 18 2016 2:00AMPapers that put Babachir on the spotMost of the statements that Secretary to the Government of the Federation [SGF] Mr. Babachir David Lawal made in his defence against allegations made by the Senate were false, according to a sheaf of documents which Daily Trust on Sunday obtained at the weekend. The documents were contained in the interim report of the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on Mounting Humanitarian Crisis in the North East headed by Senator Shehu Sani [APC, Kaduna Central].Speaking to reporters at the National Assembly Complex where he accompanied President Muhammadu Buhari to present the 2017 budget, Lawal dismissed calls by the Senate for him to resign due to abuse of office, contract inflation and corruption. He said, "The Senate is talking balderdash. It has developed the habit of Bring Him Down syndrome. Nigerians have decided that we should destroy our best. We should all destroy the promising and best among us by bringing people down without a cause. This is just how I saw it."I have the report of the Senate Committee in which it was said that I didn't resign from Rholavision Nigeria Limited. Let me tell you, Rholavision was formed by me in December 1990 and it has been a company that was run very successfully. Now, when I was appointed Secretary to the Government of the Federation I resigned from that company on 18th August 2015. I can see that in their report they are talking about 2016. I don't know where they got their facts.By the way, it is very instructive that when the committee was sitting, no effort was ever made to invite me to come and make a submission. It is therefore surprising that they devoted a whole session of today at maligning me, claiming what is not true without even giving me the chance to come and put my own case before them."The SGF's claim that he resigned from directorship of Rholavision when he became SGF in August 2015 is contradicted by documents from the Corporate Affairs Commission [CAC] which showed that he relinquished his shares in the company on September 16, 2016 following his resignation as director of the company. Although Mr. Babachir Lawal said he was not invited to appear before the Senate ad hoc committee, its papers show that his office received an invitation letter, apart from an open invitation published in the newspapers. Permanent Secretary, Special Services Office in the SGF's Office Aminu Nabegwu actually responded to the invitation letter on December 6, 2016 and forwarded some documents to the committee. In addition, Lawal was represented on the third day of the committee's public hearings.The most damaging information however is evidence from Rholavision's account at Ecobank which showed that Josmon Technologies Limited, the company that won the N248 million contract from the Presidential Initiative on the North East [PINE] to clear grass in Yobe State, turned around and deposited most of the money in the account of Rholavision. The transfers were made between March 29 and April 4, 2016 when Mr. David Lawal was Rholavision's director and in fact the sole signatory of its account.On March 26, 2016 Josmon Technologies made five transfers of N10 million each to Rholavision's account. The next day, March 30, 2016 Josmon made five more transfers of N10 million each to the same Rholavision account at Ecobank. On March 31, 2016 it again made two transfers of N10 million each to Rholavision, for a total of N120 million. The next day, April 1, 2016 Josmon Technologies made five more transfers of N10 million each to Rholavision and three days later, on April 4, 2016 the same company made three transfers totalling N25 million to Rholavision, for a grand total of N195 million. On September 8 and 9, Josmon again made two transfers of N10 million each to Rholavision, bringing the total transfers to more than N200 million. Yobe State's Commissioner for Information Alhaji Mohammed Al-Amin told the Senate ad hoc committee that the contract was never executed and no grass was ever cut by PINE in Yobe State.A banking source also said at the weekend that Josmon Technologies and Rholavision's accounts have the same BVN number. Daily Trust on Sunday could not obtain the BVN number at the weekend. Senate set up the ad hoc committee of eight members following a motion by Sen. Baba Kaka Bashir Garbai [APC, Borno Central] on October 4 titled ''Mounting Humanitarian Crisis in the North East.'' The ad-hoc committee was asked to ascertain the total amount of funds released to the Presidential Initiative on the North East and its utilization thereof. It submitted its interim report to the Senate last week.Read more at http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/papers-that-put-ba bachir-on-the-spot/176474.html #QuKOhc35BXjo2q7a.99 ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------- THE CABLE:EXCLUSIVE: SGF's company got suspicious N200m payments from 'grass' contract
December 17, 2016Rholavision Engineering Ltd, a company owned by Babachir Lawal, secretary to the government of federation (SGF), got suspicious payments of N200m from a contract he awarded for the clearing of "invasive plant species" in Yobe state.
Rholavision's bank statements and other documents seen by TheCable showed that Josmon Technologies Ltd, a company that got the contract from Lawal's Presidential Initiative on Northeast (PINE) to clear grass for N248, 939, 231, made cash deposits of N10m into Lawal's company's account 20 times from March 29.
Lawal awarded the contract to Josmon Technologies on March 8, and the company made the cash deposits until September when he resigned from Rholavision.
Lawal's company's bank account showing payments by Josmon Technologies Ltd from March to September 2016
These suspicious payments are thought to be bribes by the investigators.
Also, the SGF, while reacting to a call for his resignation by the senate on Wednesday, claimed that he resigned from his company on August 15, 2015, and as a result was not a party to whatever business it contracted.
But a document from the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) seen by TheCable showed that Lawal was a director of Rholavision until September 16, 2016 when he wrote to the commission informing it of his intention to relinquish 1, 500, 000 ordinary shares.
The senate had called for the resignation of Lawal over alleged corruption in the management of funds for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the northeast.
PINE, which was under Lawal, could not account for N2.5bn allocated to it for the alleviation of the suffering of IDPs in the northeast.
Lawal's resignation letter from Rholavision in September 2016, not August 2015 as claimed by the SGF
The senate indicted PINE of wanton corruption and abuse of procurement process.
But Lawal denied the allegations, describing them as "balderdash".
When contacted, Zainab Mogaji, Lawal's secretary, promised to get back to TheCable on the allegations.
In October, PINE and the Safe Schools Initiative (SSI) were collapsed into the Presidential Committee on Northeast Initiative (PCNI), and it was placed under the supervision of Theophilus Danjuma, a retired general.
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BEVERLY HILLS, December 18, (THEWILL) – Fresh details have emerged on how the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, made suspicious payments and allegedly awarded spurious contract of N220 million for the removal of wild grass and the provision of 115 hectares of simplified village irrigation in Yobe State.
The details reveal that Josmon Technologies, a firm that was awarded contract by the Presidential Intiative on North East (PINE), paid the money into the bank account of Rholavision Engineering Limited, said to be owned by the SGF.
THEWILL recalls that the Senate had asked Lawal to resign immediately to face prosecution for alleged abuse of office, contract inflation and misappropriation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) funds following the consideration of the interim report of the Committee on Mounting Humanitarian Crisis in the Northeast.
Lawal however responded the Senate saying the allegations were 'rubbish' declaring that he was not even allowed to defend himself.
The report show that after Josmon Technologies was paid, it began to make payments into Rholavision's account number 0182001809 in Eco Bank on March 29, 2016, when it paid N50 million into the account in five instalments of N10 million.
The payment continued the following day, March 30, when it paid another N50 million in five instalments of N10 million each. On March 31, it paid N20 million in two instalments of N10 million each.
The sequence continued as Josmon on April 1, 2016, paid another N50 million in five instalments of N10 million and continued on April 4, when it paid N25 million in three instalments of N10 million each twice and another N5 million.
The report adds that N10 million was paid on September 8, 2016, while another N10 million and N55 million were paid on September 9.
Curiously, the award of contract for the removal of wild grass along the river channel, which does not fall into the IDPs immediate needs, came into the job schedule of PINE.
THEWILL recalls that Lawal had previously defended himself against allegations of wrong-doing regarding PINE.
Lawal, in response to a question on N1.3billion meant for IDPs and the Senate investigation on TV queried:
"Who is investigating? The Senate? These are also part of the issues of separation of powers that people abuse. I do know that I don't have immunity to accuse you without proof but the members of the National Assembly can say anything on the floor and are immune to prosecution but people are abusing it and in this case people are maliciously abusing and wickedly abused their privileges in the National Assembly," he said
"PINE, Presidential Initiative on the North East, was set up by President Jonathan – thank God for him. It used to be run under the finance ministry, under the minister of state. When I took over, we were wondering who was running the North East programme until one day, the National Assembly members from the North East paid me a courtesy call thinking that it was being run by my office.
"I told them it wasn't my office so I telephoned the Vice President and asked 'Oga, who is running PINE', he said 'I think it is your office'. When it got to budget period, I asked the minister of budget the same question about PINE, no he said it is your office or the NSA's office.
"What I discovered was that there was a consultant, Senior Special Assistant to the former NSA who was in charge of PINE. The man who was claiming to be leading the PINE was an adviser to the former NSA and such a person's tenure lapses with the other principal officer.
"So I said you can no longer run PINE. At that time in 2015, there was N2.5 billion for the programme. The money was just thee doing nothing but paying consultants. I understand that at one time they were using it to buy pre-fabricated schools.
"The principle of PINE is this and there is a Permanent Secretary who runs PINE. There are 23 of such agencies in this office. We now said for people to return to their homes, we must guarantee that they are able to engage in productive work before they were pushed out, which means rebuild the schools that were burnt, rebuild the police stations and barracks so people can returns part of confidence-building. That's just it."
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FG Approves N56 Billion for Development of Insurgency-Ravaged Areas
The Federal Government has released N56 billion toward rehabilitating victims and places ravaged by insurgency in the North-Eastern part of the country.
Alhaji Muhammed Sani-Sidi, the Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), announced this at the second "Safe School Initiative Leaders'' meeting in Tehran, Iran.
This is contained in a statement, signed by Ibrahim Farinloye, the Public Information Officer of NEMA, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos.
The statement quoted Sani-Sidi as saying that the government had released N53 billion for the Victims Support Fund (VSF) and N3 billion for the Presidential Initiative in the North-East (PINE)
According him, the federal government is committed to safeguarding students, teachers and schools' infrastructure in the country.
"The federal government has demonstrated this with the release of N3 billion for the Presidential Initiative in the North-East (PINE) and N53 billion for the Victims Support Fund (VSF).
"The funds are meant to address the various emerging issues to mitigate the effects of the fading Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria,'' the director-general was quoted as saying.
In his presentation at the meeting titled an "Overview of Safe School Initiative (SSI)'', Sani-Sidi stated that the Safe School Initiative in Nigeria had received $50 million as support from Nigerian government, foreign governments and International Donor Agencies.
He highlighted the major causes of threats to safe schooling and school infrastructure as flood, rain/wind storm and community strifes.
"The catastrophic Boko Haram Insurgency in the North-East has become the single most significant threat to schooling and school infrastructure. NEMA put the figure of displacement of people within Nigeria at two million, while about 57,743 displaced people were temporarily sheltered in Niger Republic, Cameroun and Chad,'' he said.
Sani-Sidi also revealed that 254 schools were destroyed by the Boko Haram insurgency, while government was making efforts to assist 2069 students affected by the destruction.
He said that the students had been transferred from the high risk areas to 43 Federal Unity Schools (FUCs) in the North-Central, North-West and part of North-East.
The director-general acknowledged the contribution of the German Government, especially on the student transfer component of Safe School Initiative.
He also acknowledged that, "United Nations Children and Education Funds (UNICEF), in collaboration with Federal and State Ministries of Education, are supporting education in IDPs camps through various interventions.
"Such intervention include `School-in-a-bag', `40 schools in a box', and distribution of 35, 800 school bags with learning materials. The United States of America' International Development contributions include enrollment of 54,000 IDPs in Non-Formal Learning Centres and training of 394 teachers to manage the centres," Sani-Sidi stated.
He pledged the commitment of the federal government toward continued implementation of the "Safe School Initiative''
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August 1, 2014
Talatu Usman
When Boko Haram attack villages, they raze it.
When Boko Haram attack villages, they raze it.
The fund is expected to be used for the rehabilitation of victims of terror attacks across the nation.
The federal government on Thursday realised over N60 billion as individuals and groups donated to the Victims of Terror Support Fund launched in Abuja.
The fund is expected to be used for the rehabilitation of victims of terror attacks across the nation.
Over 13,000 people have been killed in attacks by the Boko Haram sect while hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced and thousands of property destroyed.
Speaking at the fund raising dinner on Thursday Night, President Goodluck Jonathan said his government would neither "give in to nor give up on terrorism" but will rise up to the occasion and "defeat the evil philosophy" which the terrorists represent.
Mr. Jonathan announced the federal government's donation of N10 billion to the fund.
He said in the fight against terrorists, Nigeria and Nigerians have two choices: to sit down and bemoan the action of terrorists or stand up and fight it.
"By this fundraising initiative, we have chosen the latter," he said.
"Those who are trying to destroy the future of Nigeria on the basis of ethnicity and religion are missing the point. Injury to one Nigerian is injury to all of us. Discomfort to any part of Nigeria is discomfort to the rest of the country.
"We want a peaceful country where everybody is happy. We must all must work to bequeath a country of justice to our children," he added.
The president said although Nigeria was going through a very difficult phase in its history, the country would triumph over the terrorists.
"Problems do not solve themselves. Lamentations cannot solve problems. We solve problems by standing up and taking actions. Nigerians are equal to the task," he said.
He noted that the Victim Support Fund is a short-term measure meant to cushion the effects of the terrorists' attacks on Nigerians, while his government strived to defeat the terrorists.
"We will defeat terror and I will lead Nigerians to do it," he said; adding that no effort would be spared in ensuring that the abducted Chibok school girls are brought back safe and alive.
The over 200 teenage school girls were kidnapped by the Boko Haram from their school on April 14.
Mr. Jonathan also said that by attacking churches and mosques, the terrorists have proven that they are enemies of all Nigerians and Nigerians must unite to defeat them.
"As Nigerians we must find strength in this trying times. We must redefine our sense of purpose at times like this. We must tap into our sense of unity in the face of this relentless assault from terrorists.
"We cannot determine what terrorists do with their minds but we can determine what we do with ours. We must collectively come together to defeat these terrorists and their evil philosophy," he said.
Some of the largest donors on Thursday night include Theophilus Danjuma, $10 million; Aliko Dangote, N1 billion; Jim Ovia, N1 billion; Tony Elumelu, N2.5 billion; Mike Adenuga, N1 billion; Wale Tinubu, N1 billion; Arthur Eze, $5 million; Mohammed Ndimi, $5 million; Kabiru Rabiu, N500 million; Dahiru Mangal N500 million; and Folorunsho Alakija, N500 million.
Others include a group of oil sector players, N17 billion; bankers N15 billion, telecom sector players N1 billion; state governors, N3.7 billion; and ministers, N50 million.
The Victims Support Fund is to be managed by a committee headed by Mr. Danjuma, a former Army chief and one of Nigeria's richest men.
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org/victims-support-fund- committee-visits-president- muhammadu-buhari/ Victims Support Fund Committee Visits President Muhammadu Buhari
August 10, 2015
The Committee of the Victims Support Fund led by its Chairman General T. Y. Danjuma on Friday 31st July 2015 paid a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari. The purpose of the visit was to brief the President on the work the committee has done since its inception.
General T.Y. Danjuma gave a brief history of the Committee, the fundraising dinner hosted by former President Goodluck Jonathan and the subsequent setting up of The Foundation for the Support of Victims of Terrorism which was set up as the implementation arm of the committee. He explained that the Federal Government had pledged 10 billion but had only redeemed 5 billion. The Chairman of the committee also raised concern about the length of time the war on terrorism was taking and the effect that would have on the victims and organisations tasked with providing assistance to the victims.
The Executive Director of the Foundation Dr. Sunday Ochoche briefed on the progress of the Foundation. He informed on the relief materials distribution to 10000 households in FCT, Gombe, Adamawa, and Borno states respectively, the disbursement of 2 billion to the Safe Schools Initiative. He also updated on the intervention planned for Bama, Gwoza and Kukawa local governments in Borno state, Mubi North, Mubi South and Girei local governments in Adamawa state and the current efforts with the Ministry of Health to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with seven hospitals in the North East to provide financial support for the procurement of drugs and other medical consumables needed for free treatment of victims of bomb and armed attacks by Boko Haram.
The President was pleased particularly with the hospital intervention and encouraged VSF to ensure that it provides concrete deliverables with proper documentation, implementation and planning. He also advised that particular attention be paid to the area of IDPs and infrastructure rehabilitation. President Buhari ordered the immediate release of the balance of 5 billion.
General T.Y. Danjuma thanked the President for redeeming the balance of the pledge by the federal government and assured the President of the VSF's commitment to diligently support the Victims of insurgency in Nigeria.
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Presidential Initiative will tackle economic challenges in North East, says Chairman
The Presidential Initiative for North East (PINE) on Thursday pledged its determination to tackle the economic challenges facing the region following terrorist activities in the area.
The Chairman of the initiative, Prof Soji Adelaja, made the pledge in an interview.
Adelaja said that the initiative would focus attention on reviving abandoned projects in the area and empowering the people of the region by making water resources available for use.·
"The committee is to come up with solutions that are short and long term strategy or plan that will focus on model or change model."That can help deliver a much more functional and economically viable region of the country.
"It is a difficult situation, on one hand, for there to be economic stability, you need to address insurgency because the insurgents and extremists feed on lack of economic activities.
"On the other hand, the security challenges create economic problems; so, what we have to do is looking up places where economic intervention can help bring peace.
"Another thing is, we cannot look at the whole region as insecure because many parts of the North East are stable.
"There are areas that are very dangerous, but there are also means by which the nation can supplement our efforts of intervention through military support, security support so we can go in and help."
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Adelaja said that though many of the people in the zone, including local government officials, had been displaced, they were interested in the initiative.According to him, the local government officials in the zone are willing to return to the area to restore order.
He told NAN that a local government summit would be organised soon to educate the residents on the importance of peace to economic development.
He said that the success of the project would depend on the role of every individual in the area.
The chairman explained that the committee was still on fact-finding mission and would soon begin implementation.
The initiative is a 32-member committee set up by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) to provide emergency assistance and to ensure a safe and secure North East.
The initiative is also known as Nigeria's Soft Approach to Countering Terrorism in the region.
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Jonathan Sends Minister To Maiduguri To Launch Presidential Initiative For The Northeast
niyi November 15, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed the Federal Government's determination to liberate all territories occupied by Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East.
The president gave the assurance on Saturday, at the launch of the Presidential Initiative for the North-East (PINE) in Maiduguri.
Jonathan who was not in Maiduguri, was represented by Alhaji Mohammed Wakil, the Minister of State for Power.
According to him, FG will deploy more troops and resources that will help to ensure that the occupied town are recaptured. A Marshall Plan for the rehabilitation, reconstruction and redevelopment of the area will also be unveiled as soon as the insurgents are driven out of the affected towns.
Jonathan enumerated the numerous intervention programmes already put in place by the government, to alleviate the sufferings of the people affected by the insurgency, including the Presidential Initiative for the North-East, Presidential Committee on Distribution of Relief Materials, Victims Support Fund and the Safe School Initiative.
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