Borno state government says it needs $20million to resettle all her
indigenes who fled the state during attacks by Boko Haram. The deputy
governor of the state, Alhaji Zanna Mustapha said this while speaking to
a delegation of Red Cross International led by the President of Red
Cross today.
"We, the government and good people of Borno State, want to use this
opportunity to thank you (Red Cross), NEMA and other donor agencies for
supporting us in this our trying moment. Twenty-two out of the 27 local
government areas were destroyed, over million IDPs are living in
Maiduguri, the state capital alone.
Just yesterday, we received another batches of 4,500
IDPs from Geidam, who were sent away by the government of Niger Republic
and more are still on their way to Maiduguri.
Borno State needs over 20 million dollars to resettle its people that
were displaced as most houses, business centres and places of worship
were all destroyed by the insurgents. Though, the military has liberated
97 per cent of the communities taken over by insurgents in Borno, it
will take time for the government to fumigate and diffuse the landmines
before they are relocated to their various communities.”he said
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