Saturday, 15 August 2015

Adamawa Govt denies using N200m for prayers against Boko Haram

Adamawa Govt denies using N200m for prayers against Boko Haram
Governor Mohammed Bindo Umaru Jibrilla
The Adamawa State Government has
denied the media reports that it had budgeted N200 million for the mobilisation of prayer warriors against Boko Haram terrorist.
The state government had on Friday announced that it had earmarked N200 million to engage prayer warriors to seek divine intervention toward ending the state’s lingering security challenges.
In a swift u-turn, the government is now saying it is using the amount to strengthen existing community surveillance and intelligence gathering to check mate the operations Jibrillats.


The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mathias Yohanna, said this in a statement released on Friday in Abuja.
The statement read in part: “One of the challenges inherited by the Government on assumption of office is the menace of Boko Haram insurgency.
“And as a serious and responsive government it deemed it fit to tackle it head on by evolving new security measures and sustaining the existing ones aimed at curbing the menace thereby enhancing security of lives and properties.
The correct position of the matter is that government had evolved a community mobilisation process intended to enhance peace and security in the state.

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