Dialogue: FG seeks contacts of Boko Haram •As NSA meets govs, security chiefs, traditional rulers in Kano, Kaduna

Written by Lanre Adewole, Abuja Friday, 06 July 2012

THE Federal Government’s search for an end to the insecurity in the land was taken to another level, on Thursday, as government asked stakeholders in states reeling under the prevalent acts of terrorism to reach out to contacts of the insurgent sect, Boko Haram and get them to embrace the fresh dialogue initiative.

This was the message of the National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd), to stakeholders in Kano and Kaduna on Thursday, in continuation of his advocacy visits to states in the North where the sect’s activities had been manifestly pronounced.

In Kano, Dasuki met with Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, members of his cabinet and lawmakers, including Honourables Mannir Babba Danagundi, Nasiru Baballe, Aminu Suleiman, Nasiru Ali Ahmed, Mohd Bashir Galadanchi and Bashir Baballe.

A source on the NSA’s dialogue trip disclosed that Dasuki also met with Commandants of Army, Prison, Immigration, Civil Defence, the Kano State Commissioner of Police, major traditional rulers in the state as well as political and religious leaders.

Before the stakeholders’ meeting in Kano on Thursday, Dasuki had taken his advocacy to Jos, Plateau State and Daura in Katsina, State on Wednesday, where he also met with a cross-section of stakeholders.

The advocacy tour started last week with visits to Potiskum and Damaturu in Yobe State and Maiduguri in Borno State.

The source noted that Dasuki finished late in Katsina on Wednesday night before proceeding to Kano early on Thursday morning.

As of press time, it was learnt that the NSA’s meeting with stakeholders in Kaduna was ongoing.

He reportedly told the gathering of the central government’s preparedness to work with the state governments and other stakeholders in resolving the lingering security challenges, emphasising the need for leaders at the meetings to prevail on their wards to abstain from acts that could put the nation’s peace and security at risk.

At the heart of his message was a specific demand to stakeholders to reach out to all known contacts of the Boko Haram sect and make them see reasons why they should embrace the latest dialogue initiative.

THE Federal Government’s search for an end to the insecurity in the land was taken to another level, on Thursday, as government asked stakeholders in states reeling under the prevalent acts of terrorism to reach out to contacts of the insurgent sect, Boko Haram and get them to embrace the fresh dialogue initiative.

This was the message of the National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd), to stakeholders in Kano and Kaduna on Thursday, in continuation of his advocacy visits to states in the North where the sect’s activities had been manifestly pronounced.

In Kano, Dasuki met with Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, members of his cabinet and lawmakers, including Honourables Mannir Babba Danagundi, Nasiru Baballe, Aminu Suleiman, Nasiru Ali Ahmed, Mohd Bashir Galadanchi and Bashir Baballe.

A source on the NSA’s dialogue trip disclosed that Dasuki also met with Commandants of Army, Prison, Immigration, Civil Defence, the

Kano State Commissioner of Police, major traditional rulers in the state as well as political and religious leaders.
Before the stakeholders’ meeting in Kano on Thursday, Dasuki had taken his advocacy to Jos, Plateau State and Daura in Katsina, State on Wednesday, where he also met with a cross-section of stakeholders.

The advocacy tour started last week with visits to Potiskum and Damaturu in Yobe State and Maiduguri in Borno State.

The source noted that Dasuki finished late in Katsina on Wednesday night before proceeding to Kano early on Thursday morning.

As of press time, it was learnt that the NSA’s meeting with stakeholders in Kaduna was ongoing.

He reportedly told the gathering of the central government’s preparedness to work with the state governments and other stakeholders in resolving the lingering security challenges, emphasising the need for leaders at the meetings to prevail on their wards to abstain from acts that could put the nation’s peace and security at risk.

At the heart of his message was a specific demand to stakeholders to reach out to all known contacts of the Boko Haram sect and make them see reasons why they should embrace the latest dialogue initiative.