Proposed Army University will reduce youth restiveness in Borno - Khadija Bukar Abba Ibrahim
- The minister of state for foreign affairs, Hajiya Khadijat Abba-Ibrahim, promises to give necessary support for the actualisation of the Nigerian Army University in Borno
- Former president Obasanjo recommends strategies to successfully defeat Boko Haram insurgency
The minister of state for foreign affairs, Hajiya Khadijat Abba-Ibrahim, says the proposed establishment of Nigerian Army University in Borno will help to reduce youth restiveness in the region.
The minister said this when she received the proposed university’s implementation committee led by Maj-Gen Lawal Faskari in Abuja on Friday, March 9, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
She said the university would provide more opportunities for young people to acquire tertiary education in the region.
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She commended Nigerian Army initiative for the school and promised to give necessary support for the actualisation of the university.
The leader of the university implementation committee told the minister that the team’s visit was to solicit her support and cooperation of the Federal Executive Council.
Faskari said that the proposed university to be located in Biu, Borno, would offer admission to both military and civilians.
He stressed the need for the host community to provide an enabling environment for its take off.
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Meanwhile, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former president, has said that Boko Haram insurgency can only be defeated if governments tackle the issue of hunger and joblessness.
Obasanjo made this statement in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, where he presided over a meeting of the Zero Hunger Forum, a social development goal program of both the Nigerian government and international development partners, Premium Times reports.
The meeting was attended by the host governor, Kashim Shettima, and officials from the federal ministry of agriculture, as well as others from Borno, Benue, Sokoto, Ogun and Ebonyi states.
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