President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Nairobi, Kenya, assured that Nigeria would diligently ensure full rehabilitation of Boko Haram victims and find lasting solutions to combat threats of terrorism.

A statement issued by the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said Buhari was speaking at the opening of the 6th Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Nairobi.

Buhari reaffirmed that Boko Haram terrorists had been degraded, even as the reintegration of Internally Displaced Persons in the country had been receiving immediate attention.

While acknowledging Japanese assistance through UNICEF in the rehabilitation of the victims of Boko Haram, the President commended development partners for their work geared toward improving the lives of some two million IDPs in the country.

He said, “The bottom line is that these problems are our primary responsibility. We must tackle them and find lasting solutions for ourselves.”

He added that international cooperation with Nigeria was central in the decimation of Boko Haram terror group.

”I took over the mantle of leadership in Nigeria when the North eastern part of the country was being ravaged by Boko Haram.

He said, ”However, soon after assumption of office, our administration with the support of our immediate neighbours – Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Benin- and international partners including Japan, faced the challenge frontally.”

As I speak the terror group has been decimated and life is beginning to return to normal in the affected region.

He said, “The challenge we currently face which is also being addressed, is that of the IDPs which number over two million to get them re-integrated with their families and their original homes.”

On global health issues which are a major focal point of the summit, President Buhari thanked the government of Japan for contributing million to the fight against malaria, tuberculosis among others.

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