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| Engr. Mustapha Gubio, Hon. Comm RRR |
From Melvin Ibe, Maiduguri
The Borno State Commissioner of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement ( RRR ), Engr. Mustapha Gubio has said that the 10,000 housing units approved by president Muhammadu for the internally displaced persons (IDPs) is a great boost to the resettlement plan of the State government.
This even as Gubio charged all returnee IDPs to ensure maintenance of houses allocated to them and abide by security situation as advised by the military in their respective communities.
The commissioner said this on Tuesday in Maiduguri while interacting with newsmen on modalities for the construction of the housing units for IDPs in the State.
He said government will consider the affected communities where the Boko Haram terrorists caused much damages in construction of the houses, adding that thousands of IDPs are already resettled in completed housing units.
He said:" Some of the IDPs left home about 10 years ago .Most of the structures they led behind have been destroyed, they are going to see entirely new structures. That is why we are calling upon them to maintain the structures and abide by security situation, as advised by the military, so that gradually peace shall absolutely return."
Gubio said with the 10,000 housing units being constructed by the federal government as well as others already built by the state government, all IDPs camps within Maiduguri metropolitan and Jere local government areas would be decongested before May 2021.
He said being that the IDPs are getting frustrated over condition of life in the camps , the State will relocate IDPs from the decongested camps to any of the completed housing units across the local government areas , adding that since it is not feasible for some of them to return to their ancestral homes now, they would be camped in any of the available homes irrespective of their local government areas of origin.
" Some of them are tired of living in the camps,so even if not in their ancestral homes, they will like to at any available home," Gubio said.
On resettled Baga IDPs, the Commissioner said over 5000 IDPs have been rehabilitated back to their ancestral homes in Baga, adding that each returnee IDP is usually given N50,000 cash as a starter pack, in addition to food and non food items that are provided for them.
" Construction of houses in Marte is about 95 percent completion. Road rehabilitation is going on with road clearing, and God willing, Marte IDPs will be relocated back home this month end.
Construction of the town is 95 percent completed and the security situation there is calm.
" I want to commend the military ,other security agencies for their commitment and sacrifice in restoring peace to Borno and Northeast," he said.
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