As the Northeast of Nigeria edges towards real peace, more funds would be raised from Oslo in June this year by the United Nations UN which has finalised plans for a second conference to further stabilise the region. The amount envisaged for humanitarian needs and further stabilisation efforts this year alone should go beyond the initial one billion dollars for 2018 and beyond as announced by proposed donors. To see things for herself and justify the myriads of pending needs, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed visited Bama in the company of Governor Kashim Shettima last week. Borno’s Commissioner for Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement of Boko Haram victims, Professor Babagana Umara told Amina’s entourage that reconstruction efforts by Borno State government have been ongoing with 11,000 private homes, 170 classrooms and school buildings in eleven schools already completed. The commissioner stressed that township electrification and rehabilitation of 10 boreholes have so far been rebuilt in Bama town returning the city back to its former status.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 14, 2018 12:32 UTC