Adamawa Needs N200bn To Reconstruct Facilities Destroyed By Boko Haram

Adamawa State government says it will require a whooping N200 billion to reconstruct, rehabilitate and put in proper shape the  facilities, private residences and other properties destroyed by Boko Haram in 11 of the 21 local government areas of the state.

The state government also disclosed that 7 out of the 11 local governments in the state were completely overran by the insurgents in which no fewer than 600,000 (six hundred thousand) people were displaced and are now taking refuge in Chad, Cameroun, Niger and other neighbouring states in the North East sub region.

Governor Mohammed Umaru Jibrilla disclosed  this on Thursday while hosting  Vice President  Yemi Osinbajo, who was at the NYSC Orientation camp of the Internally Displaced persons, IDPs on an assessment visit.

While enumerating challenges faced by Adamawa state government, Governor Muhammadu Umaru Jibrilla, noted that the amount was arrived at following  assessment by the state government.

He called on the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency deploy anti bomb experts to diffuse the number of land mines and bombs planted by the insurgents before they left, adding that many people could not farm for the fear that they may be killed by hidden bombs in the process.

In his remark, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo assured the IDPs that the Federal Government will soon address  insurgency as all mechanisms have been put in place to achieve that.

Osinbajo added that due to his concern to address  insurgency, President Muhammadu Buhari immediately after he was sworn in, ordered the immediate relocation of Nigeria’s Military command and control center to Borno and Adamawa so as to completely deal with the problem.

He said that Adamawa state government has raised a fundamental issue which the Federal Government cannot overlook.

Osinbajo stated that because of the concern of President Muhammadu Buhari for the displaced people, and in line with the party’s campaign promises, he was directed to visit the affected states to see how the displaced people are faring with the aim of resettling them  to their various communities.