Abia ThinkTank

Reintegrating Repentant Boko Haram Fighters Vital For National Security – Nigerian Govt The National Orientation Agency, NOA, has promised to support Operation Safe Corridor, OSC, a Federal Government initiative focused on deradicalising, rehabilitating and reintegrating repentant insurgents. The agency made the pledge when the coordinator of OSC, Yusuf Ali, and his team paid a courtesy visit to the NOA’s headquarters in Abuja. NOA Director-General, Lanre Issa-Onilu, while receiving the delegation, acknowledged what he called widespread misinformation about OSC. In a statement on the agency’s X page, Issa-Onilu said before now, he had reservations about the programme due to limited understanding,…