A group, the Foundation for Ethnic Harmony in Nigeria (FEHN), has told the incoming administration to fashion out programmes, aimed at re-integrating restive youths and displaced people in the North East.

The Chairman of the group, Mr Allen Onyema, told newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos that part of the programmes should be targeted at youths affected by the activities of Boko Haram.

Onyema said that the programme should be patterned after the amnesty programme put in place for youths in the Niger Delta.

He called on the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, to carry all sections of the country along by designing programmes that would bring about engagement and re-integration of people affected by one challenge or the other.

The chairman said that the need to carry all sections of the country along was predicated on the fact that good governance could only be achieved in an atmosphere of peace and stability.

“The victory of Buhari is well deserved after many attempts. It is evidence of his commitment and pursuit of a cause he believes in.

“He has become a story in perseverance. But, because his victory at the polls is victory for all Nigerians he must carry everybody along in his administration.

“Buhari must as a matter of urgency move to address the challenges of insecurity facing people of the North East.

“The president-elect must handle the issue with sensitivity on account of Nigeria’s ethnic diversity,’’ he said.

According to him, there is urgent need for national healing which must begin in earnest by re-integrating people displaced by the challenge of insurgency, especially people who are deprived.

Onyema said that the president-elect should give people hope and offer a timeline for addressing the challenges of people in the region.

He urged Buhari not to witch-hunt anybody, adding that one of the ways of doing this was to put in place programmes that would take care of Nigeria’s ethnic diversity