Yobe State needs about N20 billion to fix infrastructure damaged by
the Boko Haram terrorist group, Ibrahim Geidam, governor of the state
said on Thursday.
Mr. Geidam, who spoke to journalists at the presidential villa in
Abuja after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, said
the reconstruction was necessary to enable internally displaced persons
return to their homes.
He said though all the territories captured by the Boko Haram sect at
the height of the insurgency have been liberated, about 3000 IDPs were
still residing in camps across the North-east state.
The governor said he was at the presidential villa to brief the
president on other measures being taken by the state to resettle the
IDPs.
“Yobe State experienced the negative effects of insurgency for about
two or three years, there were times when the Boko Haram terrorists
occupied Gulani and Gujiba – two of our local government areas, before
they were liberated.
“As I speak, we have about 3,000 IDPs who are still in our camp.
“By our estimates, actually, if the Federal Government spends
anything from N10 to N20billion, the areas destroyed by Boko Haram will
be reconstructed and people will go back to their homes and resume their
normal lives.
“All the other people (affected by the insurgency) except these 3000
have returned to their homes; that is part of the reason why I came here
to advise Mr. President on how best these people could be resettled,”
he said.
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