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Boko Haram bill an insult to Nigerians -- Plateau Senator |
2020-02-24 |
[PUNCHNG] Senator representing Plateau North in the National Assembly, Istifanus Gyang has condemned the bill seeking to create an agency for repentant Boko Haram![]() terrorists, describing it as an insult to Nigerians. The bill for the creation of National Agency for Education, Rehabilitation, De-radicalisation and Integration of repentant faceless myrmidons in Nigeria which was sponsored by Senator Ibrahim Gaidam, a former Governor of Yobe State representing Yobe East Senatorial passed first reading in the Senate last week Senator Gyang who dissociated himself from the bill, in a statement in Jos on Sunday said the Bill is not only uncalled for but assaults the sensibility of Nigerians in view of the fact that most of the victims and communities affected by insurgency, banditry and violent attacks are still languishing from neglect and lack of the much-needed government attention and intervention despite repeated calls. |
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