Mohammed Abubakar, the governor of Bauchi state, has warned the federal government that poverty and ignorance could be the force that may lead to the emergence of another terrorist group in Nigeria. he said that poverty and ignorance needed to be adequately addressed and soon. The governor said this during a meeting he had with delegates from the European Union, United Nations and World Bank on insurgency devastated areas in the north-east.
Abubakar said that Boko Haram attacks had caused devastation on Nigerians living in the north-east. He said that although the rebuilding of infrastructure was important, it was the underlying factor of the insurgency that needs more attention because the north-east is seriously affected by poverty and ignorance. He further stressed that Bauchi state has been hosting more than a million of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and because of the influx  in the state, the facilities and infrastructures of the state had been overstretched.
 

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