Governor kashim Shaettima of Borno state has said his
state has started feeling the impact of the Muhammudu
Buhari led administration.
Borno state Governor Kashim Shettima
Speaking while breaking Ramadan fast(Iftar) with some
internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri the
governor said: “We have started feeling the impacts of
President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.”
There are 22 IDP camps established in the Borno state
capital. The governor broke his fast at the camp located at Yerwa Girls College in Maiduguri. He was in the company of the Emir of Bama, Alhaji Kyari Ibn Ibrahim Elkanemi who
became a displaced person after a Boko Haram attack on
Bama in 2014.
Shettima spoke after the ‘Iftar’ to the displaced persons in
English and Kanuri languages saying since Buhari’s
inauguration he has been working silently to fund activities
across the 22 IDPs camps in Maiduguri.
he said the norm under former president Goodluck Jonathan
was to leave states with the responsibility of taking care of
the welfare of the IDP camps and its inhabitants.
According to This Day, the governor said: “We have started
feeling the impacts of President Muhammadu Buhari’s
administration. For instance, from 2013 when we started
establishing camps for displaced persons in Biu for the people of Damboa and to the number of camps we have now, the Borno State Government solely bore the biggest burden of funding
these IDPs’ camps until a few days ago.
“Today, with the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari, the Federal Government, through the National Emergency
Management Agency, NEMA, has taken over so many
responsibilities in these camps and this is how it ought to be initial. Today, under the Buhari administration, we have a NEMA that has accelerated its presence in Borno.”
The governor also expressed his desire to rebuild his state
following months of destruction of buildings, offices, houses
and more by the Islamist sect.
He said: “As we continue to pray for the return of peace in this state, I urge all of you here today to exercise more patience and endurance of being displaced for many months from your destroyed homes and communities. We assure you that with
this relative peace, this administration will commence the
rebuilding and rehabilitation of all the destroyed communities
immediately after this Ramadan.
“The Shehu of Bama has just briefed me about the gradual
return of peace in his chiefdom to commence the rebuilding of the 90 per cent destroyed town. Even the water supply facilities which had been destroyed and poisoned by Boko Haram insurgents last September, are to be completely rebuilt by either sinking of new boreholes or dig cement wells to meet people’s water supply requirements for domestic and industrial uses.”
Shettima also said: “The priorities of the Borno State
Rehabilitation and Rebuilding Committees (BRRC) will be on the totally destroyed towns of Bama, Baga, Monguno, Gwoza,
Gambouru, Kukawa, Damasak and Mafa in central and north
parts of this state. Thereafter, the other affected villages and
communities adjourning these towns and council headquarters, will simultaneously follow, including villages and settlements on the foot of Mandara Mountains in Gwoza Local Government Area.” Borno state is one of many states in the country that has been affected by insurgency. However through months of intense battle, the Nigerian military has been able to kill most of the insurgents in the state.
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