Eko Hot Blog reports that the Governor of Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has expanded his search for support for victims of Boko Haram attacks in the North-East.
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In a four-day retreat held at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, Zulum addressed a group of participants with the aims to strengthen Borno State’s peace-building efforts by attracting more support from the international community.
In a statement released by the governor’s spokesman, Isa Gusau, on Thursday, the retreat themed “Strengthening the Borno Model” will be holding from September 13 to 16, 2023.
The retreat, will be focusing on support for victims of Boko Haram attacks and managing repentant insurgents.
Inherent in the theme ‘of peace-building in terms of improving pathways to the successes recorded in encouraging mass exit of Boko Haram fighters and addressing shortcomings of the model’ will be a sole aim of reinstating the victims and reintegrating the repentant Boko Haram members.
A UK-based Inter Mediate and registered charity institution which is working towards ending armed conflicts around the world is organizing the retreat holding at a college in the University of Oxford.
The charity organisation is partnering with international experts on the development of implementation plans on transitional justice and strategic communications, and to set out a vision for the next phase of the Borno Model within the context of Nigeria’s wider peace strategy.
On Thursday, Zulum made a presentation titled, “The Borno Model- a strategic vision for the next phase (results, ambition and challenges).”
At the retreat was a presentation “centring Borno in a Nigerian and Regional Peace Strategy (setting the Borno model within Nigeria and LCB’s wider conflict resolution approach and harmonising the model with the dialogue initiative)”.
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The retreat is expected to produce “a winning communication strategy” and “a legal framework for transitional justice” for the Borno Model with 100 days action plan for implementation.
At the retreat were representatives from the Federal Government, the Nigerian military, the UK High Commission and consulting experts.
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