Borno State Commences Post-insurgency Reconstruction, Says Shettima

Borno State Government has said it has commenced the reconstruction of public and some private buildings destroyed by the insurgency.

The governor of the state, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, said among the infrastructure under reconstruction are primary and post-primary schools, hospitals and clinics across the state.

He said also being rebuilt are some destroyed residential houses including total overhauling of palaces of traditional rulers.

He said the massive reconstruction was being undertaken  in order to win the confidence of fleeing people so that they can return back to their communities following the relative peace now enjoyed in the state.

Speaking while leading a team led by the United Nations Resident Coordinator/ United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative, Mr. Daoud Toure and Director- General (DG), National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Alhaji Sani Sidi to Auno village in Konduga Local Government Area for inspection of ongoing renovation and construction of Central Primary School, General Hospital, a mosque and the palace of the District Head on Wednesday, Shettima lamented that during the peak of the Boko Haram deadly activities, many schools, particularly the ones owned by government, were destroyed by insurgents.

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Borno State Commences Post-insurgency Reconstruction, Says Shettima