Maiduguri — The
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has handed over 608 housing
units built for Ngwom Community to Borno State government.
The housing units
are part of efforts at rebuilding about 20 destroyed communities by
Boko-Haram in 2014 and 2016. About 370 households were affected while
2,300 residents were forced to take refuge in camps in Maiduguri.
UNDP Resident
Coordinator, Edward Kallon disclosed this in Maiduguri at the handing
over ceremony in Ngwom. He said because of the commitment to rebuilt
Borno State, UNDP, Japan, the Switzerland and other development partners
are in Ngwom to give back hope to school boys and girls, including old
women in the community.
Speaking on the
UNDP integrated rural development, the Commissioner of Reconstruction,
Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RRR), Prof. Babagana Umara said the EU
has earmarked 20 million euros for rebuilding 20 destroyed communities
in the state.
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