Insecurity: We will achieve peace in coming months- President Buhari assures Nigerians
President Buhari has assured Nigerians, specifically residents of the North-East, of his administration’s commitment to ensure peace is restored in the area in the coming months.
The President made the pledge while speaking at the inauguration of the Presidential Committee on the Repatriation, Return, and Resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons in the North-East of Nigeria, which preceded the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday, February 2.
The President said his administration was working on a revised approach to addressing the 13-year insurgency in the region and would not relent in efforts towards a return to peace and normalcy in the North East and return it to the path of development and growth.
In a statement which contains the President’s statement, it read thus;
‘IN COMING MONTHS, YOU WILL WITNESS MASSIVE SHIFT FROM INSURGENCY TO PEACE, STABILITY, PRESIDENT BUHARI TELLS NIGERIANS IN THE NORTH EAST’, and signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.
”To the people of the North-East, particularly the children and future of the North-East, we will never forget you because your courage, sacrifice, and endurance have been exemplary.
I pledge to you that in the coming months, you will begin to witness a shift away from a protracted insurgency to peacebuilding, stabilization, and ultimately, development in your respective communities as we embark on a revised approach to addressing this conflict: A return to normalcy”. the statement read in part.
