- Safiu Kehinde
Borno state governor, Babagana Zulum, has resettled 424 households affected by insurgency in the newly constructed 500 housing units in Konduga local government area of the state.
The resettled persons were from the Towuri, Modu Amsamiri, Goniri, Mairamiri, Lawanti Grema Gogobe, Bula Bowuri, Zarmari, Amusari, Bula Bakaraye and Furi, communities displaced by the Boko Haram insurgents.
According to reports that the resettlement houses have public facilities such as schools, a primary healthcare centre, water facilities and other basic needs.
Speaking at the hand over of the houses on Sunday in Konduga town, Zulum noted that the resettlement marked the beginning of the closure of IDP camps in Konduga LGA.
In addition to the houses, each family also received food items, blankets, mats, mattresses, rubber buckets and wrappers.
Similarly, each head of the household received N50,000; while the housewives received N20,000 as part of the resettlement package to support them in picking up the pieces of their lives.
He reiterated the commitment of the state government to resettle all those displaced by insurgency that 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 said.
The governor said that the state government was also building 500 houses in Dalwa community to be completed in six months, in time for resettlement.
“We have also ordered for blocks worth N100million for reconstruction of more houses in Aulari community.”
He, however, cautioned the beneficiaries against selling the houses allocated to them.
Zulum urged them to plant trees to fight carbon emission and desertification.