In order to gain Nigerians’ support for the federal government’s soon-to-be-unveiled solution to the simmering situation in the North West, Vice President Kashim Shettima has made several appeals.
According to the Platinum Times, the region has been dealing with a rise in banditry that has resulted in hundreds of fatalities and thousands of people being displaced, and many stakeholders are already calling for an alternative to the government’s military plan to address the situation.
However, the Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, reportedly spoke out against the country’s amnesty program for terrorists and bandits last week, claiming that rather than show remorse, those who benefit from such programs see the program as a way to reassemble and attack defenseless civilians.
However, the Vice President claimed in Kano on Sunday that President Bola Tinubu was determined to rethink the idea and meaning of contemporary governance.
He asserted that the North West conflict cannot be resolved militarily.
He said, “The crisis we have in the North West, further accentuated by poverty and social exclusion is something the president is determined to frontally confront and in the coming weeks, he is going to unveil the solution.
“Unless we want to engage in an endless war of attrition, there cannot be a military solution to the crisis in the North-West There has to be a kinetic and non-kinetic solution. And President Bola Tinubu in the next couple of weeks will unveil the Pulaku solution which will address the grievances and social exclusion of our Fulbe cousins in the Northwest; towards addressing the root causes of all the banditry and insurgency in the nation.”
The VP, who was in Kano on a condolence visit to Kano state and the Emir of Bichi, Alhaji Nasiru Ado Bayero over the death of Malam Imam Galadanci, an in-law to the Sultan of Sokoto and the Emir, was received and led to the Emir’s residence by Kano state governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf.
At his Kano residence, the Emir of Bichi appreciated President Tinubu and the VP and expressed optimism that both of them would come up with policies and actions that will further engender development of the country.