Why It Looks Almost Impossible To Rebuild Borno In 20 Years

The spate of killings and attacks by the Boko Haram sect in Borno state will demand a lot of resources in order to restore normalcy in the territory. This was the position of a former senator, Dr. Mohammed Abba-Aji.

According to him, the devastation done in the state cannot be rebuilt in the next 20 years, unless thorough measures with well-organized plans are put in place, Daily Post reports.

Abba-Aji said that the Boko Haram insurgency, which equals civil war, needs an ‘after-war-policy’ for rebuilding, reconstruction and rehabilitation, like that which was carried out after the Nigerian civil war in 1970.

Dr. Mohammed Abba-Aji

He said: “I think, a very successful execution at the end of the war during the Military after the civil war in the early 70s, had been these triple Rs: Reconstruction, Reconciliation and Rehabilitation. This policy of (former head of state) Gowon, had worked very well. And there is no reason it should not work here (in Borno) also.

“I think that we can use similar argument to attract similar resources. Because Nigeria has declared that we were at war – that yes, Boko Haram insurgency is equal to a civil war.”

Abba-Aji said he was capable of convincing colleagues at the Senate to see reason and help bring a similar policy that would attract resources which are necessary for rebuilding Borno state.

“The best place to raise this issue is at the National Assembly and you have to be in active Parliament. I think that I’m capable of convincing colleagues to see reason and to help bring a similar policy that would attract resources that are necessary for the rebuilding of our state. It needs a marshal plan. We thank God the way we are going now. We can’t rebuild it in 20 years unless we have a radical approach.

“So, I have toured around with this, I have checked constitutional and legal ways that could make it feasible, and I’m convinced that it ought to be able to attract similar policy.”

Borno state has been plagued with series of attacks in recent times, with most of them claimed by Islamic sect, Boko Haram.

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