Jonathan says FG is still committed to Fight against Boko Haram
President Goodluck Jonathan has affirmed that the Federal Government is committed to its fight against the Boko Haram sect in the North-East.
The Minister of State for Power, Alhaji Wakil, who was acting on behalf of the president during the launch of the Presidential Initiative for the North-East (PINE) in Maiduguri on Saturday, said the government plans to deploy more troops to the region so as to end the insurgency, an also to rehabilite, reconstruct and redevelop the area soon after the insurgents had been dislodged.
He also revealed several of the federal government’s intervention programmes meant to assist Nigerians affected by the attacks, including the Presidential Initiative for the North-East headed by the National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, the Presidential Committee on Distribution of Relief Materials headed by NEMA Director-General, Malam Sani Sid, the Victims Support Fund chaired by former Defence Minister, Lt.- Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, and the Safe School Initiative coordinated by the Minister of the Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.