A member of the Presidential Committee on North East Initiative (PCNI), Dr. Sidi Ali Mohammed, yesterday disclosed that Boko Haram fighters receive $3000 (an equivalent of N1, 080,000 daily) as allowance, while Nigerian soldiers get a paltry N1000.
He spoke during the presentation of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Sub-Sahara Africa’s Regional Economic Outlook Report in Abuja.
IMF’s Economist, Siddharth Kothari, stressed that conflicts cause decline in investment, trade and productivity, as well as destruction of physical and human capital.
Mohammed, who is Head, Humanitarian Assistance and Rehabilitation of PCNI, stated that Boko Haram, which started as a movement based on an ideology and whose members were used and dumped by politicians has been hijacked and now operates like a cartel. Read more