Nigeria lost $9bn to Boko Haram attacks – Presidential panel

The Presidential Committee on North-East
Initiative has revealed that the nation lost about
$9bn to the violent activities of the Boko Haram
insurgents in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.
According to the committee, a strategic
framework would soon be set up by President
Muhammadu Buhari in line with his determination
to rebuild the North-East.
The Vice-Chairman of the PCNI, Alhaji Tijani
Tumsah, said this on Thursday in Abuja, while
briefing newsmen on the outcome of its inaugural
meeting.
According to him, the focus of the meeting was to
discuss the mandate given to the PCNI to fashion
out a way that would be most direct, in terms of
the delivery of that mandate, analyse the
enormity of the task and fulfil the presidential
mandate to give succour to the people of the
North-East.