FG, Boko Haram To Commence Talks Over Release Of More Chibok Girls
President Muhammadu Buhari[/caption]
President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration was prepared to continue talks with the Boko Haram sect over the release of more Chibok Girls.
The President, who spoke while granting audience to the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mr. Peter Maurer, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said the talks will continue provided the insurgents agree to involve international agencies.
Buhari commended the role played by the ICRC in the release of 21 abducted Chibok schoolgirls by the sect last week, urging it to sustain humanitarian interest in Nigeria.
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“Our administration is prepared to continue talks with the Boko Haram insurgent group, as long as they agree to involve international agencies like ICRC. We’ve seen the result of recent talks, 21 of the Chibok girls are back,” the President said.
Buhari said Nigeria’s biggest problem was perhaps the issue of Internally Displaced Persons whose population he put at over two million.
“The IDPs are made up of over 60% women and children. About 60% of the children don’t know their parents, or where they come from. It is weighing heavily on government,” the President said.
Buhari also said the rebuilding of destroyed infrastructure remained his government’s priority, noting that the G7 had also indicated support, which Nigeria heartily welcomed.
