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The Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has commissioned a 500 resettlement housing estate in Konduga Local Government Area for families who were displaced by the over a decade insurgency attack in the State
In an event which was held on Sunday evening in Konduga town, Zulum said that the resettlement marked the beginning of the closure of IDP camps in Konduga LGA of the state.
The resettlement houses that will benefit 500 families have public facilities that include: schools, a primary healthcare centre, water facilities, and other basic needs.
Aside from the houses, the governor also distributed
food items to each family and other reliefs that included: blankets, mats, mattresses, plastic buckets, and wrappers.
Each of the household head equally received a monetary gift of N50,000, while the housewives received N20,000 as part of the resettlement package to support them and pick up the pieces of their lives.
Arewa PUNCH further gathered that the resettled people were from the 10 communities displaced by the over a decade Boko Haram insurgency.
The communities were: Towuri, Modu Amsamiri, Goniri, Mairamiri, Lawanti Grema Gogobe, Bula Bowuri, Zarmari, Amusari, Bula Bakaraye and Furi.
Shortly after inaugurating the apartments, the governor directed the Ministry for Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, and Resettlement to complete the construction work for another 500 houses in Dalwa town within six a month period.
Similarly, Zulum directed the construction of another set of 500 houses in Aulari town also within the Konduga Local Government Area.
The Borno governor directed the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation to immediately assess the College of Business and Administration Konduga and determine the extent of the destruction that the Boko Haram insurgents wrecked on it.
