General TY-DanjumaA group, known as the Network for Sustainable Development and Empowerment in Borno South (NSDE) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for inaugurating a Presidential Committee on the North East Initiative (PCNI).
The group described the Presidential initative, headed by retired General T Y. Danjuma as the right step in the right direction.
Coordinator of the Southern Borno group, retired Brigadier General D. B Shaljaba said the move by the President has further given hope to the people of the North East Region.
Brigadier General Shaljaba, in a statement, said the group is ready to partner with the presidential Committee towards achieving its set goal.
“We are ready to partner in whatever capacity the Committee deems necessary to contribute towards the on-going recovery efforts in the North East on the heels of the damaging effects of Boko Haram insurgency, in order for the Committee to get it right in the implementation of the ‘Buhari plan’.”
The group called on the committee to ensure that its activities are comprehensive so that all affected parts of Northeast are catered for.
President Buhari, while inaugurating the PCNI, had assured that General Danjuma would lead the Committee, made up of members who have been carefully chosen from a wide spectrum of stakeholders diligently.
The Committee will be the apex coordinating body for all interventions in the region including those by the public, private, national and international development partners. The Committee is domiciled in the Presidency and is charged with responsibility for developing the strategy and implementation framework for rebuilding the North East region. [myad]
