{"id":59884,"date":"2017-10-17T17:52:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T16:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=59884"},"modified":"2017-10-17T17:52:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T16:52:50","slug":"called-international-conference-northeast-saraki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/pointblanknews-investigations\/called-international-conference-northeast-saraki\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I called for international conference on Northeast \u2013 Saraki\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki,\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1431021302\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Tuesday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0said he called for an international conference on the Northeast and the Boko Haram so as to raise funds for rehabilitation of the region.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Saraki, who stated this at the 137th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in St. Petersburg, said this was to address the devastation caused by the Boko Haram insurgency in the region.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">President of the Nigerian 8th Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki He said the number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria was one of the highest in the world due to the damage caused by the Boko Haram group. \u201c<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The level of IDPs in Nigeria, though not as much as in Syria, but it is very high; second highest. \u201cSo, the international community must hold a conference to be able to raise enough money and awareness. \u201cThat kind of conference will bring in more donors and agencies that will contribute to rebuild the Northeast. \u201cWe have not made much progress in rebuilding the Northeast because we cannot do it alone. \u201cThe issue is how to sustain the peace that exists in the region enough to relocate people to their homes. That is where we are and that is the difficult part,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">On allegations of corruption linked to funds released for rebuilding of the region, Saraki said such should not stop the call for international intervention because of the number of lives affected. He said the right thing was to investigate the allegations and bring culprits to book while continuing with the rehabilitation process.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cCorruption is not only in the management of the Northeast, we have corruption in other areas. \u201cIt is, however, unfortunate that such is happening to people that need assistance; people displaced and who have lost their lives. \u201cWe thought that will be the last place to hear of corruption. This shows how greedy people are that they cannot consider the humanitarian aspect of the problem. \u201cThrough the efforts of the Federal Government, the National Assembly and the Armed Forces there is relative peace. Though there are still sporadic attacks but not as much as it was a few years ago,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The senate president urged those berating President Muhammadu Buhari for requesting for foreign aid for rehabilitation of the region to appreciate the level of damage done to the region. He said while not undermining conflicts in other parts of the country, seeking for aid for the region was not out of place.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Saraki pointed out that \u201cfor the president to ask for focus on the Northeast; I think it is appropriate, to address the issue of Boko Haram. \u201cI am not saying there are no issues in other regions of the country but you will agree with me that it is the greatest danger faced by the country. \u201cIt is only that now, because of the achievement of the Federal Government, we are all getting a bit relaxed and asking questions about focusing on rebuilding the area or not.\u2019\u2019<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He called on Nigerians to rise above sentiments, particularly on issues that pose great threat<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki,\u00a0on Tuesday\u00a0said he called for an international conference on the Northeast and the Boko Haram so as to raise funds for rehabilitation of&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pointblanknews-investigations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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