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Nigeria ready for talks over militant-held girls: President
“We have succeeded in dislodging them”, he said.
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Urging Nigerians to be patient, the President said for past the seven months since assuming office on May 29, 2015, his administration has focused on laying the right foundation for the change they voted for and ” Nigerians will in due course begin to enjoy the fruits of all ongoing work.
Kano. – Over 50 people were killed in a 48-hour wave of attacks blamed on Boko Haram jihadists in north-eastern Nigeria, sources said on Monday, days ahead of the government’s deadline to stamp out the group.
“No matter how malignant the problem is, God says He will be in charge; fellow Nigerians, let us wait upon God; I have a new message; I’m blessing and covering the message we are giving now in the prophetic name of Jesus; Father speak now as your servant listens”.
“If a credible leader of Boko Haram can be established and they tell us where those girls are, we are prepared to negotiate with them, without any precondition”, the leader said.
He stressed that the effective and efficient implementation of our 2016 budget proposals would address numerous socio-economic issues that were of concern to Nigerians.
Nigeria’s previous President Goodluck Jonathan had opened negotiations with the group to ensure the safe release of the girls however attempts failed because officials were talking to the wrong people in the fragmented militant group.
The President said he would take responsibility for any of his ministers found wanting for corruption, stressing that he did not pick anyone being tried for corruption as a minister.
“We strongly believe that recent incidents of suicide bombing in some parts of the North East are borne out of a sense of defeat, as all territories occupied by the insurgents have been liberated by the Nigerian Armed Forces”.
“We must reduce our country’s reliance on oil”.
“I wish you all a very Happy New Year”.
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“The conflict has affected the lives of communities across the Lake Chad Basin region with some 2.5 million internally displaced people and more than 170,000 Nigerian refugees forced to flee their homes”, the statement said.