Borno state government resettles 424 families displaced by Boko Haram
The Bornu State Government has resettled 424 households affected by insurgency in the newly constructed 500 housing units in Konduga town, which have public facilities such as schools, a primary healthcare centre, water facilities and other basic needs.
Penpushing reports that the resettled victims were from the Towuri, Modu Amsamiri, Goniri, Mairamiri, Lawanti Grema Gogobe, Bula Bowuri, Zarmari, Amusari, Bula Bakaraye and Furi communities among others
The Governor, Babagana Zulum while speaking at the handover of the houses on in Konduga town to the victims who were displaced by the Boko Haram insurgents explained that the resettlement marked the beginning of the closure of Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camps in Konduga local government area.
Penpushing further reports that Zulum disclosed that in addition to the houses, each family received food items, blankets, mats, mattresses, rubber buckets and wrappers, which each of the household received N50,000.
The Governor added that the housewives received N20,000 as part of the resettlement package to help them pick up the pieces of their lives, reiterating his administration commitment to resettle all those displaced by insurgency who were still in camps.
” The need to close the camps became necessary based on how some of the camps were turning into criminal dens and centres for various kinds of social vices. Criminals used to sleep in some camps, including Boko Haram members. This is unacceptable’, Zulum stated.
Penpushing also reports that the governor said the state government was in same vein, building 500 houses in the Dalwa community, which will be completed in six months, in time for resettlement, adding that towards the gestures the government has ordered blocks worth N100 million for the reconstruction of more houses in the Aulari community.”
Meanwhile, the Governor, however, cautioned the beneficiaries against selling the houses allocated to them, and in the same vein urged them to plant trees to fight carbon emissions and desertification.
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