Renowned American Rights Activist, Rev. Jesse Jackson has thrown his
weight behind the Federal Government of Nigeria decision to offer amnesty to Boko
Haram sect.
He described the move as a deliberate step to end insecurity in the country.
According to him, the amnesty offer must be open and honored, and implemented
to include economic restitution and inclusion of destroyed Christian
and Muslim structures in affected Northern parts of the country.
Rev. Jesse Jackson, in an interview in Yenagoa said the amnesty being
offered by the Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan administration must be made
to work and the conditions fully honored. “The amnesty must involve the economic restitution, the jobs and the
training. On the other hand, within the United States, when there was
civil unrest, there was a kind of state of emergency. But I hope the
country will soon get back away from the battle field and get to the
negotiation table.
In the end, it will be the bargaining table. It is
not the battle field that wins victory. You can not battle forever.” “You
can bargain and resolve the conflict in the North. That why I believe
so much in non-violence. Non-violence does not mean fear but courage,
thinking and it means the ability to figure it out and fight it out.
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