What I would do in response to the latest massacre in Borno State
- Register and licence local vigilante groups
- Establish 20 Nigerian Army battalions in strategic towns across the northeast
- Commence building of a fence along the borders with Chad/Cameroon/Niger
- Offer free uniforms and school meals to all youths in the area to encourage education
- Get the Lake Chad Basin Authority to create 30,000 jobs in the northeast
- Build six special high-security prisons for Boko Haram fighters where they can be trained and equipped with vocational skills
- Establish a special paramilitary force which will be trained in rescue missions to deal with matters like the Chibok girls
- Establish a special anti-terrorist brigade in say Damaturu, Dikwa or Chibok
- Double soldiers allowances and offer a special bonus to anyone asked to serve in the northeast
- Sign foreign defence pacts with say South Africa and China which commits them to assist military, supplying equipment and training personnel
Written by:
Ayo Akinfe, born in Salford, Manchester, is a London-based journalist who has worked as a magazine and newspaper editor for the last 20 years. Ayo attended Federal Government College Kaduna and obtained his first degree in history from the University of Ibadan.
