Saraki in Maiduguri, makes vow on B’Haram

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Monday arrived in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital where he vowed to do everything possible through legislative powers to ensure that the carnage posed by Boko Haram sect in Borno and other parts of the north east is brought to an end.

He said he was in Maiduguri for an on the spot assessment of the activities of the terrorist group and to identify with victims and people of the state over the spate of killings and bombings by insurgents, so that government will come out with better strategy aimed at ending the activities of the sect in the region.

Saraki who spoke during a courtesy call on Governor Kashim Shettima at the Government House Maiduguri, said, ”We are here in Borno for the first time after our inauguration to identify with victims and people of Borno state over the spate of killings and bombings by insurgents.

“We condole with our people over the agony they found themselves as a result of the ongoing crisis.

“On behalf of the Senate, we will do everything to see to the end of Boko Haram through motions and resolutions to let the whole world know that we are capable to do our best to stop this carnage perpetrated by Boko Haram madness.

“We will set aside every needed thing to resettle our people of the north east and rebuild all the communities destroyed by insurgents.

“We will support the executive under the leadership of President Mohammed Buhari who is committed to see to the end of this madness and to ensure that all areas destroyed by insurgents are rebuild in no distant future”. Saraki assured.

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Responding, Governor Shettima thanked the Senate president and other members of his delegation for taking their time to visit Borno despite the security challenges posed by insurgents.

He commended Dr. Saraki for leading a powerful senate delegation to see on the spot assessment of the damages done to some areas in the state, and solicited support from the Senate leadership to move for a motion aimed at establishing a ‘Rebuilding and Development Commission’ for the people of the north east, just like what obtains in the Niger- Delta region.

Shettima informed the senate President that the activities of the insurgents which started since 2009 has left thousands of people dead, and property worth billions of naira destroyed, stressing that the state government under his leadership has been spending substantive amount of funds for the upkeep of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in various camps in the state, in addition to other support rendered to security agencies who sacrificed their lives in the fight against the sect members.

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