Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja
President Muhammau Buhari on Thursday
appealed to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to assist Nigeria in
rehabilitating Internally Displaced Persons.
He said the Federal Government would
welcome support from the organisation for its ongoing efforts to
rehabilitate parts of the country affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.
According to a statement by his Senior
Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President
spoke in Mecca, Saudi Arabia during a meeting he had with the
Secretary-General of the OIC, Mr. Iyad Ameen Madani.
Buhari was further quoted as urging the
organisation to send a fact-finding mission to the ravaged states of
Borno, Yobe and Adamawa to assess the damage done by terrorists.
The statement read in part, “The
President told Mr. Madani that the fact-finding visit will help the OIC
to determine the scope of assistance it can offer to Nigeria for the
rehabilitation and resettlement of internally displaced persons.
“President Buhari also challenged the
OIC to act urgently in support of the restoration of peace, law and
order to Libya which, he said, had been breeding the terrorists causing
mayhem in West and Central African countries following the fall of the
Ghaddafi regime.
“President Buhari agreed with Mr. Madani that Islam has been wilfully misrepresented by terrorists.
“The President said that it is only by
educating people properly about Islam that terrorists will be deprived
of legitimacy and a basis for the recruitment of followers.
“He therefore urged the OIC to assist the Federal Government in bringing true knowledge and enlightenment to all Nigerians.”
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