Tinubu approves N50bn for Pulaaku Initiative to tackle banditry, insurgency in select nothern states

Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima has revealed that President Bola Tinubu has approved N50 billion for the take off of the Pulaaku Initiative in selected northern states of the country.

Pulaaku is a non-kinetic solution to deal with insurgency and banditry in the North.

Shettima made the disclosure during his opening address at a two-day Roundtable on Insecurity in Northern Nigeria, organised by the Coalition of Northern Groups, with the theme “Multi-Dimensional Approach to Tackling Insecurity in Northern Nigeria.”