of engaging the wrong persons.
“It is a very sensitive development in the sense that first we have
to establish, are they genuine leaders of the Boko Haram. That is number
one.
“Number two, what are their terms, the first impression we had was not very encouraging,’’ the president said.
He expressed his administration’s worries over the continued stay of
the Chibok schoolgirls in the hands of their captors, saying he was
working tirelessly to get them released.
Mr. Buhari noted that the unfortunate incident had attracted global
attention and sympathy within and outside Nigeria and government could
not fold its alms over the issue.
“But, it is very important that if we are going to talk to anybody, we have to know how much he is worth.
“Let them bring all the girls and then, we will be prepared to
negotiate; I will allow them to come back to Nigeria or to be absorbed
in the community.
“We have to be very careful; the concern we have for the Chibok
girls, one only imagines if they got a daughter there between 14 and 18
and for more than one and a half year, a lot of the parents who have
died would rather see the graves of their daughters rather than the
condition they imagine they are in.
“This has drawn a lot of sympathy throughout the world; that is why
this government is working very hard in negotiating and getting the
balance of those who are alive,” he said.
Mr. Buhari assured the diasporans that his administration was doing
everything possible to improve on the state of the economy through
provision of infrastructure in critical sectors.
The president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina
had, in July, confirmed the willingness of government to engage the sect
in negotiations if they were ready.
The Nigerian Army spokesman, Sani Usman, was quoted in the media as
saying that members of the terror group were surrendering “en masse” and
that the regional offensive was recording fruitful results against the
militants.
Some Nigerians, who fielded questions during the interaction with
President Buhari, requested to know what government was doing to
guarantee the plight of the disabled.
Questions were also asked about the possibility of diaspora Nigerians to vote during elections.
Wednesday, 16 September 2015
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