Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (rtd) has unveiled a five component plan to ending the menace of communal clashes and youth militancy in Nigeria, starting from the northern part.
Al-Mustapha said that the project was aimed to help northern Nigeria, the country in general and by extension Africa deal with the festering challenges of communal conflicts, insurgency and terrorism with newly devised templates.
The Chief Executive Officer and President of APUDI explained that the Non-Governmental Organization, which set up early this year has put together Manual that detailed solution to the current security challenges ravaging communities in the northern part of the country.
The former Army Officer said that through advocacy for the implementation of its five component, the organisation aims to reverse the trend of insecurity in the country and ensure economic development.
He said that the five modules focus on “man and his environment, voter education, conflict resolution, new frontiers in conflict management mechanisms and demilitarization and re-socialization”.
He called on Nigerians “to speak the truth to its leaders in order to realign their thinking towards doing what is necessary to stop communal clashes and insurgency in the country”
Speaking also, the chairman of the event and Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu said that the conference offers government and security agencies insights to mitigate insecurity in the country.
Aliyu who was represented by the State commissioner for Agriculture, Prof. Mohammed Yahaya, said “there is no doubt that northern states face insecurity challenges today than ever before and youth militancy has also eaten up the moral value of being ones brother’s keeper”.
Also in his comment,the Shehu of Borno, HRH Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai El-KanemiAl-Mustapha has blamed the sustained state of violence and general state of insecurity in the northern part of the country since 1999, especially the rise of Boko Haram terrorist group on activities of unchecked youth militancy.
According to him, an idle and unemployed militant youths can always serve as a feedstock for the Boko Haram insurgents thus taking them away from more productive sectors like agriculture, industry, small scale enterprises,and services industry amongst others.