The National Emergency Management Agency has presented building materials, food and non-food items to Borno State Government for the rehabilitation and resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons who are willing to return back to their liberated communities in the State.
Presenting
the items at North east zonal office's Store in Maiduguri, the Director
General, Muhammad Sani Sidi said the gesture was to facilitate the
commencement of resettlement and rehabilitation of IDPs back to their
liberated communities, especially those from Gwoza and Askira-Uba local
government areas in the state. He said with the gradual return of safety
at the liberated communities, the operation of the agency was changing
from emergency relief intervention to rehabilitation, reconstruction and
recovery of the affected persons.
He
said the agency has already commenced the delivery of food and non-food
items to communities in Dikwa, Bama, Konduga, and Kaga Local Government
Areas of Borno State with Gwoza and Askira/Uba being the next locations
to be covered by the delivery of these relief items.
“As
you are aware, your Excellency, the committee set up by the state
government to relocate Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) living in
schools to non-school camps which will enable academic activities to
resume in schools within the state has been working tirelessly in
conjunction with NEMA and other stakeholders to ensure that the target
of the committee for schools to resume before the end of October is
met.” Sani Sidi said.
He
called on all stakeholders who are rendering assistance to IDPs in
the state to key into the process of rehabilitating and settling the
IDPs back to their liberated communities.
In
his remarks, the Executive Governor of Borno State, Kasim Shetima
commended the agency for what it has been doing in the state and urged
International NGO and NGO to look beyond taking care of the IDPs in the
camps to resettlement and rehabilitation to their communities so that
they can pick up the piece of their lives.
"We
want all IDPs to return home. We have now moved to the stage of
rehabilitating and rebuilding some of the destroyed communities in
Gwoza, Askira and Uba towns. Already, the Ministry of Rehabilitation and
Resettlements has produced 750, 000 concrete blocks in Bama as worst
hit by insurgents. This will also enable the IDPs return to their
respective communities before the end of this year.” The Governor said.
He
said the items presented would be delivered to the Ministry of
Rehabilitation and Reconstruction to be distributed to the rightful
beneficiaries.
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