The Federal Government has said that more than 300 repentant terrorists are currently undergoing rehabilitation, while over 2,600 have completed the process under Operation Safe Corridor in Gombe State.
The National Coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre, Maj-Gen Adamu Laka, made this known in Abuja on Thursday during a stakeholders and donors’ meeting on promoting livelihood and agricultural opportunities for ex-combatants and communities affected by conflict.
He explained that the programme provides psychosocial support, vocational training, and reintegration assistance, with plans to extend similar initiatives to the North-West and North-Central regions.
Laka added that a new agribusiness project, in collaboration with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, would provide land, inputs, training, and market access for both ex-fighters and vulnerable members of affected communities.
