France, Canada, Germany pledges support to fight Boko Haram

The governments of France, Canada and Germany, yesterday, at the G-7 Summit in Elmau, Germany promised to assist Nigeria fight Boko Haram.
Raising issues of terrorism, Canadian leader at the summit, said: “Like other G-7 members, Canada is concerned about the emergence of ISIS-affiliated groups elsewhere in the Middle East, in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Africa, including Boko Haram in Nigeria.”
A statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to the President, Malam Garba Shehu, said Buhari pledged to rout out Boko Haram at a meeting with President Francois Hollande of France after his participation in the G-7 Outreach Programme.
According to the release, Buhari said Nigeria will welcome greater support and cooperation from France and other friendly nations for its ongoing efforts to overcome Boko Haram and restore normalcy to areas affected by the group’s atrocities.
The President said his administration was already taking concrete action to build a more efficient and effective coalition of Nigeria and neighbouring countries against Boko Haram.
Nigeria, he said, would appreciate more intelligence on the terrorist group’s links with ISIS, movements, training and its sources of arms and ammunition.
On President Buhari’s capacity to deal with Boko Haram threats, former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT and Senator-elect for Plateau South senatorial zone, Gen. Jeremiah Useni, said he was optimistic the administration of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari would crush the sect.
Useni urged Nigerians to be patient and support the new administration in its bid to put an end to insurgency and reposition the nation for the good of the citizens.
Speaking at the weekend in a chat with journalists in Jos, the senator-elect also commended the governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, for upholding the rule of law and swearing in the elected Chairman of Langtang North Local Government Area, Dan Dul.
Useni, who noted that the governor had started his governance on a good footing, also urged him to give priority to the civil servants by settling the seven month salaries arrears owed them, even if it meant suspending the execution of capital projects for the time being.
He, however, faulted the wasted money and time in building of the new Government House by the immediate past administration in the state, saying such huge resources would have been used in other ventures since the state did not lack a befitting Government House.

Coutesy: Ben Agande, Marie-Therese Nanlong & Agaju Madugba