UN Adopts New Strategy T o Contain Boko Haram Insurgency.

The United Nations (UN) has adopted a new strategy to contain the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria. Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA), Mr Said Djinnit disclosed this in Accra, Ghana today at the opening of the 45th ordinary session of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). 

He said the new strategy was an integrated support package aimed at complementing Nigerian government's counter-terrorism efforts.

He said the UN was concerned over the plight of Nigerian children, especially the abducted schoolgirls, as well as on the fate of the civilians in the North-east where human rights and humanitarian conditions were distressing. According to him, the adoption of the new strategy is informed by the UN's conviction that only a multi-dimensional approach can end the Boko Haram crisis. He said: "The United Nations has adopted an integrated support package to complement Nigeria's efforts since we're convinced that only a multi-dimensional approach can bring lasting solution to the crisis.

Our primary and immediate concern is the plight of children including those being held in captivity by the terrorists, Boko Haram group, as well as the fate of the civilian population in the North-east where human rights and humanitarian conditions are distressing ", he said.