Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, says the province does non require whatever international assist to curtail whatever threats posed yesteryear the Independent Peoples of Biafra (IPOB).
Onyeama, at a intelligence conference at the United Nations headquarters inward New York on Fri evening, said the threat from the self-agitation grouping would hold upwards handled.
“IPOB is equally of instantly an internal threat in addition to Nigeria does non demand international assistance to resolve it,” the government minister said.
According to him, IPOB is different from the Boko Harm terrorists which principal aim was to capture territory in addition to to kill innocent people.
“The President is prepared to tell footing leaders that the ingredients for a happy, peaceful province are practiced governance in addition to a rigid economy.
“If nosotros tin terminate instruct the economic scheme correct in addition to nosotros tin terminate instruct the practiced governance to our people, nosotros believe that almost of our problems would hold upwards taken attention of.
“We are a province of immature people; the bulk of our population is nether the historic current of 35 in addition to a lot of them are restless.
“They are restless because of economical opportunities in addition to that is why nosotros possess got the migration issue.
“A lot of the youths are the production of rattling bad governance over the years in addition to that has deprived the immature people of educational opportunities in addition to project opportunities.
“So Mr president is trying to restructure the province to pose inward house the bases for practiced governance.
“Because 1 time you lot possess got practiced governance in addition to your resources are beingness channeled to where they are supposed to be, which is on development, in addition to then you lot get to address a lot of issues.”
He said dissimilar IPOB, Boko Haram was non an internal threat but international, pointing out its allegiance to the Islamic State inward Republic of Iraq in addition to Syrian Arab Republic (ISIS).
The unusual affairs government minister said the seat of President Muhammadu Buhari was that the Constitution of the province should hold upwards respected.
He cautioned that the country’s republic was yet growing in addition to needed to mature in addition to function stronger to remove hold approximately of the democratic challenges.
“The of import thing nosotros should hold upwards focusing on is nation-building using the existing democratic structures,” the government minister said.
According to him, the Buhari’s management of has an agenda for the province in addition to does non desire to hold upwards distracted from achieving that agenda.
“I intend that Mr President came in addition to had an agenda for the province in addition to you lot actually but don’t desire to hold upwards distracted from that agenda.
“The economic scheme was inward a terrible province when this regime came in, nosotros went into recession for the showtime fourth dimension inward decades in addition to we’re but coming out of that recession.
“We desire to hold on that path in addition to nosotros believe that a lot of these issues in addition to challenges inward the province possess got their bases inward the economics.
“If nosotros tin terminate render a practiced living touchstone in addition to character of life for our people, all these issues (Biafra agitation) volition autumn yesteryear the agency side.
“That is why nosotros must non hold upwards distracted from transforming the economic scheme of our country. What I’m proverb is that nosotros desire to focus on the economy.
“We believe if nosotros tin terminate instruct the economic scheme right, a lot of the immature people who experience that Nigeria equally shortly constituted is non addressing their problems, is non giving them the hope, volition alter their perspective.”
He said regime would hold to honor gratis speech, human correct in addition to the Rule of Law.
Onyeama said that the Nigerian armed forces honor the ‘rule of engagement’ inward carrying out its duties.
He said 1 of the priorities for the Nigerian delegation at UNGA 72 included strengthening human rights institutions in addition to the dominion of law.
He explained that Nigeria was on the Board of the United Nations Human Rights Council in addition to equally such was doing everything necessary to promote human rights.
According to him, the province is likewise committed to addressing all issues relating to human rights violations inward whatever forms.
NAN