Nigeria will diligently ensure full rehabilitation of victims of Boko Haram and find lasting solutions to combat threats of terrorism.

This became imperative as the country reaffirmed that Boko Haram terrorists had been degraded, even as the reintegration of Internally Displaced Persons,IDPs in the country had been receiving immediate attention.

President Muhammadu Buhari gave the assurance while speaking at the opening of the sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, in Nairobi.

While acknowledging Japanese assistance through UNICEF in the rehabilitation of the victims of Boko Haram, Buhari commended development partners for their work geared toward improving the lives of some two million IDPs in the country.

According to him, the bottom line is that these problems are our primary responsibility. We must tackle them and find lasting solutions for ourselves, saying international cooperation with Nigeria was central in the decimation of Boko Haram terror group.

On global health issues which are a major focal point of the summit, President Buhari expressed special appreciation to the government of Japan for its contribution of 800 million dollars to the fight against malaria, tuberculosis among others, saying the contribution is part of the 1.3 billion dollars made available to the Nigerian Health Sector by the Global Fund.

On the gains of TICAD, the President said partnerships between Africa and Japan would help create and improve investment opportunities in industries, agriculture, information technology, science and technology among others for the good of the continent and investors from Japan.

According to Buhari, the two-day summit with the theme: ‘‘Advancing Africa’s Sustainable Development Agenda-TICAD Partnership for Prosperity”, is being held outside of Japan for the first time since its inception in 1993.

Buhari said among other things, TICAD aimed to solve Africa’s development problems through quality technology in the health, industry, agriculture and environment sectors.

“A draft declaration to be adopted at end of the summit will seek to combat the growing threats of terrorism, conflicts and violent radicalism through the promotion of education and job creation.”

The summit is being attended by Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, some 35 African leaders and chief executives of at least 80 major companies from Japan.