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President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday added two months to the three-month timeframe given to the presidential committee on dialogue and peaceful resolution of security challenges in the North to complete their work on reaching out to the Boko Haram sect and woo them in for an amnesty deal.
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This is coming just as the chairman of the committee and Minister of Special Duties Minister, Mr Kabiru Tanimu Turaki maintained his ground that his committee had reached a ceasefire deal with the Boko Haram sect, with discussions reaching top gear, as they all agreed to the sign the ceasefire agreement and disarmament.
"This issue of whether or not an understanding has been reached, I think, is something that has been sorted out. The people we have been speaking with who are genuine members of the Boko Haram sect and have themselves taken up the issue with some of their colleagues and I don't want to reduce it to a diatribe between the committee with any other person or any group of persons,”Turaki insisted.
On last Monday's attacks in Kano, Turaki said it was unfortunate, adding that it showed that some people were opposed to peace talks.
His words: "I heard the news of the sad event that took place in Kano. It's really unfortunate that at this time when serious efforts are being made by government through many fronts to make sure that these issues are sorted out, then some people who do not wish this country well are trying to pull the hand of the clock backwards, I think it's unfortunate."
Addressing State House correspondents after receiving the letter of extension at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the minister the committee which was inaugurated on April 17, 2013 had, within its original three-month time-frame worked on the critical terms of reference of its mandate, adding that with the extension, the committee now has enough time to work on the issues of dialogue and victims' support.
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday added two months to the three-month timeframe given to the presidential committee on dialogue and peaceful resolution of security challenges in the North to complete their work on reaching out to the Boko Haram sect and woo them in for an amnesty deal.
This is coming just as the chairman of the committee and Minister of Special Duties Minister, Mr Kabiru Tanimu Turaki maintained his ground that his committee had reached a ceasefire deal with the Boko Haram sect, with discussions reaching top gear, as they all agreed to the sign the ceasefire agreement and disarmament.
"This issue of whether or not an understanding has been reached, I think, is something that has been sorted out. The people we have been speaking with who are genuine members of the Boko Haram sect and have themselves taken up the issue with some of their colleagues and I don't want to reduce it to a diatribe between the committee with any other person or any group of persons,”Turaki insisted.
On last Monday's attacks in Kano, Turaki said it was unfortunate, adding that it showed that some people were opposed to peace talks.
His words: "I heard the news of the sad event that took place in Kano. It's really unfortunate that at this time when serious efforts are being made by government through many fronts to make sure that these issues are sorted out, then some people who do not wish this country well are trying to pull the hand of the clock backwards, I think it's unfortunate."
Addressing State House correspondents after receiving the letter of extension at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the minister the committee which was inaugurated on April 17, 2013 had, within its original three-month time-frame worked on the critical terms of reference of its mandate, adding that with the extension, the committee now has enough time to work on the issues of dialogue and victims' support.
- See more at: http://leadership.ng/news/300713/boko-haram-jonathan-extends-amnesty-c-ttee-s-timeframe#sthash.v2TdIh3u.dpuf
This is coming just as the chairman of the committee and Minister of Special Duties Minister, Mr Kabiru Tanimu Turaki maintained his ground that his committee had reached a ceasefire deal with the Boko Haram sect, with discussions reaching top gear, as they all agreed to the sign the ceasefire agreement and disarmament.
"This issue of whether or not an understanding has been reached, I think, is something that has been sorted out. The people we have been speaking with who are genuine members of the Boko Haram sect and have themselves taken up the issue with some of their colleagues and I don't want to reduce it to a diatribe between the committee with any other person or any group of persons,”Turaki insisted.
On last Monday's attacks in Kano, Turaki said it was unfortunate, adding that it showed that some people were opposed to peace talks.
His words: "I heard the news of the sad event that took place in Kano. It's really unfortunate that at this time when serious efforts are being made by government through many fronts to make sure that these issues are sorted out, then some people who do not wish this country well are trying to pull the hand of the clock backwards, I think it's unfortunate."
Addressing State House correspondents after receiving the letter of extension at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the minister the committee which was inaugurated on April 17, 2013 had, within its original three-month time-frame worked on the critical terms of reference of its mandate, adding that with the extension, the committee now has enough time to work on the issues of dialogue and victims' support.
- See more at: http://leadership.ng/news/300713/boko-haram-jonathan-extends-amnesty-c-ttee-s-timeframe#sthash.v2TdIh3u.dpuf
