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Speaker 1: There is no doubt that the Boko Haram insurgency is

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advancing in recent months in Nigeria, with the governors from

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the Northeast region gathered on Thursday in Damaturu, Yobe State

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for the eleventh meeting of the Northeast Governor’s Forum with

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a focus on tackling the resurgence of Boko Haram insurgency,

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widespread poverty and the region’s infrastructure deficit, which Reno Omekri,

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former presidential spokesperson on new media to ex President Goodlack

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of Belele Jonathan, had in a post in recent time

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shared his observations and experiences he had while working in

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the presidency, explaining how the success is gained in the

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fight against the Boko Haram insurgency during the presidency led

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by goodlack of Bealle Jonathan and how the successes started

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dwindling under the presidency of retired military General Mohammadu Buhari.

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Hunch newspaper reported that the meeting of the Northeast Governors,

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which opened Thursday at the Yobe State Government House, brought

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together leaders from the six states in the region, including

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the host Governor, Mamala Buni of Yobe and the chairman

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of the forum, Governor Babagana Zulim of Borno State. Governor Zullam,

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in his opening remarks, expressed the concern over the recent

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resurgence of insurgent attacks, which he said threatened to undo

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the significant progress made in the fight against Boco’haram. The

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recent re emergence of attacks by insurgents is a matter

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of serious concern, capable of undermining the successes already recorded

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in the theater of war, he said. Although we commend

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members of the armed forces for their efforts in fighting insurgency,

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we must collectively work to bring this war to a

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successful end. The governors agreed that combating the insurgency would

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require not only military efforts, but also urgent socio economic

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measures to address the root causes of the conflict. Zullim

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highlighted the alarming levels of poverty in the region, calling

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it both an economic and humanitarian crisis. He emphasized the

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need for short and medium term strategies focused on revitalizing

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the region’s agricultural sector, including supporting farmers, investing in irrigation systems,

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and promoting climate resilient agricultural practices. However, Zullam acknowledged that

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agriculture alone could not lift the region out of poverty.

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He urged his fellow governors to focus on creating an

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enabling environment for the growth of small and medium scale

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industries and to encourage private sector investment and innovation in

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the region. The era of lamentation has gone. We come

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together not to lament our problems, but to provide solutions,

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he said. We have the duty to provide our people

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with basic necessities of life and to create opportunities for

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them to thrive in a peaceful and secure environment. In

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his welcome address, Governor Boomy of Yobe stress the need

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for government action to create employment opportunities for the region’s youth,

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who remain vulnerable to recruitment by insurgent groups and criminals organizations.

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We have a moral obligation to make agriculture attractive, affordable

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and profitable, Boni said, adding that the region must harness

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its vast arable lands and large population to ensure food

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sufficiency and economic prosperity. The governors also used the occasion

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to commend President Bola Ahmed Tanubu for his leadership during

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this challenging period, offering their support for the national policies

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aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s unity and prosperity. Additionally, the governors

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paid tribute to the bravery of security forces, including the military,

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the civilian JTF, Vigilante and Hunter groups, many of whom

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have made the ultimate sacrifice in the fight against insurgency.

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They pledged renewed support for security efforts to safeguard the region.

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The meeting, which is expected to culminate in a communicate

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outlining key resolutions and commitments, marks a significant step in

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the Northeast’s ongoing efforts to adress both the security and

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socioeconomic challenges facing the region. Reno Omkri, in a post

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published on his social media accounts, recently said, they did

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it to Jonathan and we suffered under Buhari. We must

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not let history repeat itself. Nigeria hid rock bottom under

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Buhari in every aspect. On Sunday, July twenty fourth, twenty

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twenty two, terrorists attacked the Brigade of Guards in Hwari, Abouja.

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That was unprecedented in Nigeria’s history. Please note that the

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Brigade of Guards are the Presidential Guards. On Wednesday, July sixth,

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twenty twenty two, five hundred terrorists in motorcycles attacked Coujay

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Prison and freed nine hundred of their colleagues. On Tuesday,

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August twenty fourth, twenty twenty one, terrorists invaded the Nigerian

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Defense Academy and killed two soldiers and abducted one while

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injuring many others. Not long afterwards, these sets of non

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state actors were taking photos with their arms along with

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influential clerics. We had never heard of anything like bandits

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in Nigeria until Buhari came along. At no time in

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our journey as a nation had a governor ever boasted

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of paying killer herdsman until Nazir l Rufai became a governor.

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According to the Global Terror Index, Nigeria under Buhari was

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the third most insecure nation on Earth. Only Somalia and

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Afghanistan were worse. More torn Syria was more secure than Nigeria.

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Please fact check me. In finance, we owed our highest

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debt ever under Buhari. If you take all the moneys

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borrowed by Tafawa Balewa Aroonsi Gowen Matala Obasanjo military government,

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Shigari Buhari military regime, Babingida Shoeneikan, Abacha, Abdul Salami, Obasanjo,

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Civilian administration, Yaradua and Jonathan and combine it. It is

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not up to what Buhari borrowed in eighteen. In twenty fifteen,

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Buhari met a total foreign debt of ten point seven

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billion dollars, of which the federal government owed only seven

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point three five billion dollars and states owed the rest.

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By the time Buhari left in twenty twenty three, our

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foreign debt had balloon to forty two billion dollars. What

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did Buhari do with the money? He used it to

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pay fuel subsidies and to defend the nira, amongst other things. Then,

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after borrowing more than any other government, the Buhari junta

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future sold our oil and gas using future contracts and

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collected the money up front, meaning that the Tanubu administration

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was not even receiving funds for the first six months

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or thereabouts after being sworn in. Then, to further sabotage

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the incoming Tanubu government, they borrowed an additional thirty trillionniers

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through the Central Bank of Nigeria fiaways and means, basically,

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they just printed money without production, gold or anything tangible

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to back it up. What they did was illegal. It

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contravened the Fiscal Responsibility Act of two thousand and seven.

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According to Transparency International, Nigeria under Buhari was more corrupt

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than it was under the previous administration, having moved thirteen

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places backwards in the CPI from one hundred and thirty

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six in twenty fourteen, our best outing ever to one

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hundred and forty nine in twenty twenty one, our worst

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performance ever. If not for respect, Buhari ought to be

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answering questions today. These reckless financial dealings had consequences for

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the welfare of the Nigerian people. According to the Global

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Hunger Index, released annually by the International Food Policy Research Institute,

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hunger and malnutrition in Nigeria reached its highest level under

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Buhari after steadily reducing under Jonathan. For the IFPRI, the

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proportion of the population affected by under nutrition rows from

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eleven point five per cent in twenty fifteen to eighteen

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point seven per cent in twenty twenty. In terms of

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human rights, the Buhari administration massacred three hundred forty seven

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Shia men, women, children and infants on Saturday, the twelfth

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of December twenty fifteen. No other government before or after

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has ever perpetrated a mass killing like that. But that

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was not all. We also had the hundreds of Nigerian

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youths allegedly killed by the f sar S under Buhari,

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and then we had the Southern Kaduna genocide under l Rufai,

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in which over ten thousand people are suspected to have

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been killed. So, if you did not sing or rap

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against Buhari, what is your rationale and justification for doing

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that now under Tanubu when things are gradually improving. Tanubu

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has been aboard for only two weeks and Pastor Tunde

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Bukhare is giving a sermon making it look like the

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president is derelict in his responsibilities two weeks, what did

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Tunde Bakhare, who told us that God ordained him as

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Nigeria’s sixteenth president preach when Buhari was in London for

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six months. Don’t tell me that gaslighting story that we

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have never had it this bad before. That is a

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big lie. Things are better in Nigeria now than under Buhari.

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Their strategy is being driven by the Machiavelian Nazir l Rufai,

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and is based on their belief that Nigerians are emotional

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people with short memories and low attention spans, who can

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be gas lit to turn against a performing government by

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desperate politicians who cannot exist outside power. I am a

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veteran of this. They did it to my former boss,

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President good Luck Jonathan, and I will not sit idly

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by while they do it to Asswaju. We must not

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repeat history then claim that history repeated itself. Fool me once,

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shame on you, fool me twice, Shame on me. Reno

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Omakri stated we had reported the the Governor of Borno State,

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Professor Babagana Yumar a Zulim, and the chehou of Borno

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Abubakar Umar gabay Al Kanemi, have raised alarms over rising

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cases of Boko Harama and I swap attacks in the

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state in recent years since President Bola Ahmed Tenubu took

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over as Nigeria President. This as the Borno State governor

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or did the arrest and prosecution of a man caught

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on camera allegedly molesting a minor said to be one

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of the children sheltering in one of the Internally Displaced

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People’s Camps IDP since the kid’s father was assassinated by

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the Boko Haram insurgents. Lady Brigi Gwini in mojzal