No fewer than 20 children formerly associated with Boko Haram have been reintegrated into communities in Borno State after completing a deradicalisation programme.
The beneficiaries, comprising 10 girls and 10 boys classified as low-risk minors, received livelihood support and training in business management, record-keeping, savings and business improvement.
The Programme Manager of the Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, Dadun Hamza, disclosed this on Saturday during the reintegration exercise in Maiduguri.
Hamza said the children received business materials after completing the training to enable them to start businesses, including welding, shoemaking, tailoring, food vending, fabric and shoe sales, incense making and grinding services.
He added that the foundation would monitor their progress to support the sustainability of the businesses.
Hamza said 20 vulnerable women-headed households in the communities where the children were reintegrated also received support to help promote acceptance of the returnees.
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👉 JOIN WHATSAPP CHANNELGISTSMATE MEDIA recalled that in July this year, the Senate approved a prayer seeking to end state pardons and the rehabilitation of criminals, particularly suspected Boko Haram members and other insurgents.
The prayer came in support of a motion moved by Senator Abdulazeez Yar’Adua regarding the abduction and killing of the former Director of Defence Information, Retired Major General Rabe Abubakar, and other military officers.
The plenary, presided over by Deputy Senate President Jibrin Barau, condemned the rehabilitation of Boko Haram insurgents, bandits, kidnappers, and other criminals under the deradicalization and rehabilitation programmes of some state governments.
Some lawmakers linked the unending insurgency crisis in the country, particularly in northern Nigeria, to the constant release of “repentant” criminals back into society.
The Senate also expressed deep concern over the worsening security situation in the country, warning that the recent abduction and killing of retired military officers signals a dangerous shift in Nigeria’s security challenges.
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