…inspects ongoing 1,000 Shelters for the IDPs
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri
In fulfilment of his pledge to repatriate Borno refugees in Niger Republic back home and see to their wellbeing, Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has on Saturday distributed food items to 674 displaced IDP households and disbursed a sum of N6.74 million cash support, when he visited Damask, headquarters of Mobbar Local Government Area of the state for official engagements.
The households were Borno State displaced Indigenes who have been on refuge in Niger Republic and returned back home to Damasak from Niger Republic having fled to Niger Republic for safety over Boko Haram attacks.
Governor Zulum inspecting ongoing 1,000 Shelters for IDPs at Damask, headquarters of Mobbar Local Government Area on Saturday.
Zulum supervised the distribution of bags of grains and cooking oil to each household in addition to the disbursement of N10,000 cash to each of the households as immediate social protection.
Governor Zulum, who was in company of the State Commissioner of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RRR), inspected ongoing 1000 shelters under construction at Damasak that will accommodate the returning refugees from Niger Republic.
During the inspection, he directed for the extention of military in trenches in Damasak in order to provide enough space for the construction of more houses for the returning refugees IDPs while commending the quality and progress of the work.
Beside humanitarian issues, the governor in Damasak visited an abandoned irrigation facility which was destroyed by the Boko Haram Insurgents, directed the State Ministry of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RRR) to invite engineers to look into the possibility of reactivating all the machines with a view to restore the destroyed and abandoned irrigation facility so that the rural farmers can make good and proper use of the facility.
Governor Zulum further directed the Borno State Road Maintenance Agency (BORMA) to reassess the extent of damage at the famous “kam kura noz3y3” bridge, linking Nigeria with Niger Republic and report back to his office for further neccessary action before visitng the Damasak General Hospital, and the Military Task Force Brigade Damasak.
At the brigade, the Governor commended the gallantry of the Nigerian soldiers in their sustained efforts to safeguard the lives and property of the citizens in the town.
He however appealed to the Brigade Commander to look into the possibility of allowing people to access their farmlands early, as against the usual of 10AM daily to enable them cultivate their farmlands on time.
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