Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State says government has incorporated de-radicalisation of formal and non-formal Islamic education in the state’s development plans.
Gaidam made the announcement at the North East Regional Conference on Peace and Scholarship, organised by the International Organisation of Tijjaniyya Brotherhood in Damaturu on Friday.
The governor advocated comprehensive reform of the Tsangaya Islamic school system and also charged Islamic clerics to help check unauthorised persons from preaching in public.
He reiterated the need for post-mortem into the Boko Haram insurgency which claimed thousands of lives and millions of naira worth of property in the North East.
Gaidam said: “The Boko Haram insurgency had negative impact on Yobe state in particular and North-East of Nigeria in general.”
He said the move by the Federal Government to unveil the origin, remote and immediate causes of the movement, its sponsors and international connections will guard against future occurrence.
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad Abubakar, represented by the Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Rilwan Adamu, said Islam is based on peace and Justice.
Abubakar charged Islamic scholars in the country to continue to preach the message of peace and “legacies geared towards the establishment and sustenance of peace, justice and civilisation”.
Worship Boko Haram: Yobe to de-radicalise formal, non-formal Islamic education – Governor
