Federal
Executive Council on Wednesday approved the Federal Government’s White
Paper on the final report of the Presidential Committee on Security
Challenges in the North-East of Nigeria chaired by Amb. Usman Galtimari.
A White Paper Drafting Committee headed
by the Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, was set up following the
presentation of the Galtimari’s report to Vice-President Namadi Sambo on
September 26, 2011.
The committee was inaugurated by the
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Pius Anyim, on July
2, 2011 with a mandate to unmask the faces behind the activities of
Boko Haram and their grievances.
Briefing State House correspondents
after the weekly FEC meeting, Moro said the government accepted almost
all the recommendations made by the committee.
He said, “The report is extensive; it
covers the remote causes of the crisis in the North-East and other parts
of the North. It also covers various levels of responsibilities from
community to local government to state and to Federal Government in
tackling the menace of violence and terror in the North-East and other
parts of the federation.
“The report also covers the
responsibilities and operations of security agencies in bringing this
about as well as the political aspects of the report which we believe
must be addressed alongside with the security measures that the Federal
Government has taken to bring this crisis under control and eventually
bring it to an end.
“We have discussed, we have taken decisions on them but we cannot go into details because it is a White Paper.
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