Barrister
Aisha Wakil who is more popularly know around Nigeria as Mama Boko
Haram, has spoken out, pledging to de-radicalize some insurgents.
Posted by Samuel on Fri 22 Dec, 2017
Barr. Aisha Wakil
According to a The Nation report, Barr. Aisha Wakil alias Mama Boko
Haram is back in the news again after going silent for sometimes.
Wakil has renewed her commitment to fight to end the Boko Haram insurgency with the lunching of her NGO Thursday in Maiduguri.
The NGO – Complete Care and Aid Foundation, according to Wakil is
expected to provide a free feeding centre, fight drug abuse and
substance addiction, De-radicalization, sex hawking, human trafficking,
female genital mutilation and de-worming among the displaced people in
Borno State and beyond.
The launch which took place at the Women Development Centre in
Maiduguri was chaired by the former chairman Kondoga Local Government
and former Senator Borno Central, Kaka Malam Yale, with Dr. Mari Gubio
as the guest Speaker of the occasion.
The Guest Speaker, Dr. Mari Gubio described Wakil as a woman who
almost lost her life in attempt to achieving peace at the heat of the
Boko Haram insurgency in Borno state.
He called on people to give maximum support to Complete Care and Aid Foundation, stressing that, “I
am confident that Barr. Aisha Wakil is one personality that can do a
lot of things for her NGO. I say this because we have been through this
struggle together and I can vouch for her integrity. At a point she has
to sale even her assets to provide care for Boko Haram victims in the
state.
“I am sure that if she is fully supported by well-meaning
individuals within the state and outside, she will make a big impact in
solving the problems of Boko Haram in the state,” Dr. Mari said.
Dr. Mari also used the occasion to caution the activities of some
unscrupulous INGOs and NGOs operating in the state, while calling on the
people to be mindful of the assistance they get from some of the
humanitarian actors operating in the state.
He regretted that level of destruction that the Boko Haram
insurgency has inflicted on the people of Borno State, adding that the
people must take responsibility and rise above the challenges of the
crisis to reclaim their land.
In his addresss, Gov. Kashim Shettima who was represented by the
Commissioner for Poverty Alleviation and Youth Empowerment, Hajiya Ina
Galadima said, the birth of the NGO is coming at the right time when
Borno is in dire need of partners to curb the problems attendant from
Boko Haram insurgency.
Gov. Kashim directed the NGO to immediately draw out MoUs and
strategic partnership with relevant ministries in the state with the
full support of the Government of Borno State.
Earlier while explaining in detail some of the projects to be
executed by the Complete Care and Aid Foundation, the Vice Chairman of
the Foundation, Prince Lawal Shoyode said the Foundation will embark
into massive farming activities that will create job opportunities for
the teaming youth of the state and establish bakeries to will take care
of the free feeding program, adding that, their foundation has formed
strong synergy with the tricycle riders in the state and the NDLEA to
fight drug abuse across the state.
Over 3 million naira was realised at the launching.
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