The North East Development Commission (NEDC) is working with the University of Maiduguri and other stakeholders to establish a Boko Haram museum.
Mohammed Alkali, Managing Director of the Commission said the museum aims to give the narratives of the Boko Haram insurgency in a positive way to create social changes.
The MD disclosed this during the commemoration of International Day of Peace 2023 in Maiduguri which took place at the Elkanemi Hall, University of Maiduguri, with the Vice Chancellor, Professor Aliyu Shugaba as Chief Host.
“We are discussing with the university and other stakeholders how the museum would be established to preserve the relics and literature to tell the stories for the next generation.”
“The museum would allow the stakeholders to give the narratives positively for upcoming generations to understand the consequences of war in the region and the country at large,” he said.
Alkali who also received a ‘Peace Ambassador Award’ noted that the commission is open to giving any support within its mandate to defeat violent extremism in the region.
“I also saw some artifacts being displaced, and I quickly asked Ambassador Ahmed Shehu what they were all about. He told me it was an innovative idea for some youths.
“We are going to look at it, anyone that is worthy to be developed, we will support the project,” Alkali said.
The president of the Peace Ambassadors Centre for Humanitarian Aid and Empowerment, Ahmed Shehu, earlier said the innovations were made by little children who have not attended school and commended the NEDC for offering timely support to the young talent.
“Our hunt for talent this time had discovered innovations by three children that had never attended the four walls of the classroom. They did wonderful things.”
“A few years back, one of such talents created a solar-powered machine, and today his company is competing favorably in the manufacturing industry in Nigeria,” he said.
