President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, said the Federal Government will welcome support from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for the country’s ongoing efforts to rehabilitate parts of the country affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.
He made the remark while speaking at a meeting with the Secretary General of the OIC, Mr. Iyad Ameen Madani.
President Buhari, in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, urged the organization to send a fact-finding mission to the ravaged states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa sin order to see the damage done by terrorists.
The President told Mr. Madani that the fact-finding visit will help the OIC to determine the scope of assistance it can offer to Nigeria for the rehabilitation and resettlement of internally displaced persons.
He challenged the OIC to act urgently in support of the restoration of peace, law and order to Libya which, he said, had been breeding the terrorists causing mayhem in West and Central African countries following the fall of the Muammar Gaddafi regime.
President Buhari also agreed with Mr. Madani that Islam has been wilfully misrepresented by terrorists.
