The Borno State government has resettled 424 households affected by insurgency in the newly- constructed 500 housing units in Konduga town.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), 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.
The state governor, Babagana Zulum said at the handover of the houses on Sunday in Konduga town, that the resettlement marked the beginning of the closure of IDP camps in Konduga LGA.
The resettlement houses have public facilities such as schools, a primary healthcare centre, water facilities, and other basic needs.
In addition to the houses, each family 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 help them pick up the pieces of their lives.
The governor reiterated the state government’s commitment to resettle all those displaced by insurgency who were still in camps.
He said, ”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,”
The governor cautioned the beneficiaries against selling the houses allocated to them, urging them to plant trees to fight carbon emissions and desertification.
Zulum said the state government was also building 500 houses in the Dalwa community, which will be completed in six months, in time for resettlement.
He said, “We have also ordered blocks worth N100 million for the reconstruction of more houses in the Aulari community.”
