President Muhammadu Buhari has proposed a new Civil- Military tactics to deal with Boko Haram menace terrorising the lake Chad region and parts of Nigeria.
The President made the proposal at the ongoing extraordinary security meeting of Heads of States of the Lake Chad region, in Abuja
The President stated that ” while executing the war against the Boko Haram terrorists, we must not be oblivious of the fact that military may not provide the desired results alone”
“There is the pressing need to pursue simultaneously both military and developmental approach to the challenges of the region.”
The President who assured that his administration will work towards strengthening of Civil-Military Cooperation in the fragile areas of the region to accelerate the implementation of the Regional Stabilization Strategy, declared that ” military strategy must be complemented by the mobilization and deployment of adequate resources to ensure the reconstruction, rehabilitation and rebuilding of civil authority, as well as the provision of relief and succor for the affected”
He noted that the Inter Basin Water Transfer project to recharge the disappearing Lake Chad would also go a long way in the restoration of sustainable peace and security to these areas.
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