This came as the association called on the Federal Government to take a bold step in exposing the financiers and sponsors of the Islamic sect, adding that this would help curb their deadly activities.
CAN Director of Research, Strategy and Planning, Elder Sunday Oibe, in Kaduna, said the Boko Haram insurgents, believed to be sponsored by highly placed Nigerians, had declined to dialogue with the committee set up by the government, under the chairmanship of the Minister of Special Duties, Alhaji Kabiru Turaki.
He said what was now left for the government to do was to fish out their financiers and stop the illegal supply of arms, money and other logistics to the terrorists.
According to him, the Federal Government must act fast to expose the sponsors of the militant group and punish them, so as to save Nigeria from disintegration.
“If this Boko Haram problem is not handled with care, it will come to a time when people will begin to say let us sit down and talk about our unity and togetherness.
“The people who are behind this evil act should know that this situation created by Boko Haram has its own limit and if it continues, Nigeria will be worse for it.
“If they think it is President Goodluck Jonathan they are fighting, no, it is the entire Nigeria. That is why all good people and those who love this country must come together and expose this evil. It is an evil against humanity and should not be condoned.
“The only way to disarm the activities of Boko Haram is to dislodge them from the base where they recruit people. And if the government is able to cut off that and disconnect them from where they recruit, that is going to be an achievement.
“The government must act fast, it should be bold enough to go against the sponsors of Boko Haram,” he said.
FG shuts down unity schools in volatile states
THE Federal Government has shut down five of its government colleges located in the volatile states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe.
The schools are Federal Government Girls College, Munguno; Federal Government College, Potiskum; Federal Government College, Buni Yadi; Federal Science and Technical College, Lassa and Federal Science and Technical College, Michika.
Supervising Minister of Education, Mr Nyesom Wike, gave the approval for the closedown of the schools within the high security risk areas of the North-East.
The states have come under heavy attacks by the Boko Haram sect, as only last week, about 43 students of Federal Government, Buni Yadi, were murdered.
Special assistant to the minister on media, Mr Simeon Nwakaudu, in a statement in Abuja, on Wednesday, said Wike also approved that candidates who registered for WASSCE, NECO SSCE and BECE in Federal Government College, Potiskum should have their examination centres relocated to FGGC Bauchi, while those from FGGC Munguno and FGC Buni Yadi should also be relocated.
He further approved that other students affected by the shutting down of the schools but not writing public examinations be relocated to FGGC Bauchi, FGGC Bajoga, FGC Maiduguri, FSTC Kafanchan and FSTC Dayi.
Insurgency stalls oil exploration activities in the North –NNPC
The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Andrew Yakubu, on Wednesday, said activities of insurgents have hampered oil prospect in the North, especially in the Lake Chad basin.
The GMD, who stated this while appearing before the joint National Assembly Committees on Petroleum Resources and Gas, said the low performance of oil explorations in the Lake Chad basin was as a result of insurgencies in the region.
According to him, the NNPC was working on seven other basins, apart from the Chad Basin, adding that the corporation was able to acquire magnetic data from geometric surveys.
“There are seven other basins apart from the Chad that we are exploring. What we did last year was to acquire the aero magnetic data from the geometric survey department. We have Yola, Bida, Sokoto, Dahomey and others.
“The main focus now, which was a result of an extensive geological study that was done a couple of years ago, is on the Chad basin. It has 13 phases and we are now in phase six. The data for the other basins had been acquired.
“The low performance in the Chad Basin was as a result of the insurgencies in the region. However, work is progressing,” he said.
He also allayed fears on the fuel supply situation in the country, adding that the corporation was sure the situation would abate before the end of the week.
“In the last couple of days, we have close to 1,000 trucks that had been loaded out of the various depots and jetties in Lagos and the entire fuel are being supplied to the various stations in Lagos and beyond.
“As of the close of business on Tuesday, most filling stations in Victoria Island and Ikoyi were dispensing fuel and we expect that other parts of Lagos will be impacted by the increase in the fuel supply strategy that the combined team has been doing.
“Hopefully by the end of work today (Wednesday), we would begin to see a change in the fuel scarcity situation in Lagos,” he said.
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