President Bola Tinubu has vowed to sort out the latest spate of kidnappings and bandit assaults within the nation with large schooling.
Tinubu, who condemned the assaults, described them as disturbing, depraved and sinister.
The President made the promise when he acquired a delegation of Jam'iyyatu Ansaridden, an Islamic motion, on the State Home in Abuja on Tuesday.
This was contained in an announcement on Tuesday by his Particular Adviser to Chief President Ajuri Ngelale.
This comes after a number of studies of kidnappings throughout the nation.
Not too long ago, a younger woman recognized as Najeebah was reportedly killed by gunmen who kidnapped her and 5 different sisters in Abuja.
Najeebah and her sisters have been kidnapped together with their father on January 9.
The gunmen later launched their father and requested him to go and acquire N60m as ransom for the discharge of her daughters earlier than Friday, January 12.
However armed males killed her and despatched her corpse to her mother and father earlier after failing to gather the ransom demanded.
In the meantime, the Nigeria Police stated it’s intensifying plans to rescue the victims.
The drive additionally assured Nigerians that plans are underway to forestall additional kidnapping circumstances throughout the nation.
Tinubu stated whereas safety companies transfer swiftly to instantly tackle the present problem, all needed sources, insurance policies and plans will quickly be rolled out for the mass schooling of Nigerian youths.
He famous that schooling is the antidote to the issues troubling the nation, including that schooling is the weapon of poverty.
“There is no such thing as a weapon towards poverty as highly effective as studying.
“I can guarantee you that we’re right here to alter the lives of our folks. We’re right here to advertise peace, stability and financial prosperity.
“We’re dedicated to constructing lasting peace with an emphasis on the great schooling of our kids. We are going to interact our lecturers and their homeowners in an academic course of that will likely be related to the way forward for this nation. It will be significant. Information introduced me right here along with your prayers and your assist. With out data, there may be nothing that generates hope for humanity,” he stated.
He additional emphasised the significance of selling up-to-date data by way of current Islamic studying establishments for youth in Northern Nigeria to speed up improvement within the area, in Nigeria and throughout Africa.
“Please start with particular prayers. Begin good schooling for our younger folks. Kidnapping and banditry aren’t the best way of God. Shedding one another's blood is evil. And with out peace there isn’t any improvement. Solely by way of peace can we eradicate poverty. We should work for peace in order that our financial system can develop higher,” the president concluded.
On his half, Jam'iyyatu Ansaridden chief Muhammad Lamine Niass urged Tinubu to proceed his reform initiatives.
Niass affirmed that his motion, recognized for selling peace and tolerance, would proceed to hope for the peaceable improvement of Nigeria.
