Why Senate must reject rehabilitation, reintegration of Boko Haram bill – Sen. Gyang
The lawmaker equally said the bill, which was mentioned and has passed first reading 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”.
proposed legislation has made terrorism become a permanent feature to feed and sustain the activities of insurgents. The legislator lamented at the irony where care and attention for terrorist take precedence over and above that for the victims.According to him, “Attempts at certain quarters to compare and equate Boko Haram terrorists with the Niger Delta Agitators which attracted the Presidential Amnesty Initiative and Program under the administration of President Yar’adua, is ludicrous.
“It was an intervention program with a time line and terminal date unlike the Pro Boko Haram Bill, which intends to create an agency that will exist in perpetuity.
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