Fed Govt releases N56b to develop Northeast
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Fed Govt releases N56b to develop Northeast
THE Federal Government has released N56 billion to rehabilitate victims and places ravaged by insurgency in the Northeast.

Muhammed Sani-Sidi, the director-general of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), announced this at the second “Safe School Initiative Leaders’’ meeting in Tehran, Iran.

He spoke in a statement issued by the Public Information Officer of NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye.

The statement quoted Sani-Sidi as saying that the government had released N53 billion for the Victims Support Fund (VSF) and N3 billion for the Presidential Initiative in the Northeast (PINE).

The Federal Government, according him, is committed to safeguarding the nation’s students, teachers and schools’ infrastructure.

“The Federal Government has demonstrated this with the release of N3 billion for the Presidential Initiative in the Northeast (PINE) and N53 billion for the Victims Support Fund (VSF).

“The funds are meant to address the various emerging issues to mitigate the effects of the fading Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria,’’ the director-general said.

In his presentation at the meeting titled an “Overview of Safe School Initiative (SSI)’’, Sani-Sidi explained that the Safe School Initiative in Nigeria had received $50 million as support from the Federal Government, foreign governments and international donor agencies.

He highlighted the major causes of threats to safe schooling and school infrastructure as flood, rain/wind storm and community crises.

“The catastrophic Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast has become the single most significant threat to schooling and school infrastructure.

“NEMA put the figure of displacement of people within Nigeria at two million, while about 57,743 displaced people were temporarily sheltered in Niger Republic, Cameroun and Chad,’’ he said.

Sani-Sidi also revealed that 254 schools were destroyed by the Boko Haram insurgency and that government was making efforts to assist 2,069 students affected by the destruction.

He added that the students had been transferred from the high risk areas to 43 Federal Unity Schools (FUCs) in the Northcentral, Northwest and part of Northeast.

The director-general acknowledged the contribution of the German Government, especially on the student transfer component of Safe School Initiative.

He also acknowledged that “United Nations Children and Education Funds (UNICEF), in collaboration with Federal and state ministries of Education, are supporting education in IDPs camps through various interventions.

“Such intervention include `School-in-a-bag’, `40 schools in a box’, and distribution of 35,800 school bags with learning materials.

“The United States of America’ International Development contributions include enrollment of 54,000 IDPs in Non-Formal Learning Centres and training of 394 teachers to manage the centres,” Sani-Sidi stated.

He pledged the commitment of the Federal Government toward continued implementation of the “Safe School Initiative”.http://thenationonlineng.net/fed-govt-releases-n56b-to-develop-northeast/

Niger-Delta Militant how market? Good news for Boko Boyz. Amnesty don come.

well, at least the international community can see that something is being done for the north east.

When u have not finish boko haram u want 2 develop for Boko Haram to destroy it again

Rehabilitation and development of north east is necessary but not important for now....

Insugency av not bn completely wiped out and that is why development of that region is not important at the moment.

Baba should concentrate on projects that are important and beneficial to all Nigerians instead of approving our collective wealth for the development of one god forsaking region.

He should concentrate more on wiping out terrorists completely from Nigeria as he promised before election.

No time to waste time.. .

Another grand case of political settlement. PMB, keep on giving cash prices to the various corrupt godfathers of the respective states. Olisa Metuh has already warned you, that whatever dubious dealings you engage in, while in office, will be made known to the public, during and after your time in office. If you don't pay for the crimes, in the event of you, having giving up the ghost, after leaving office, your Son or Kim Kardashian daughter will serve your sentence, in your stead.

2days ago they attacked Chibok and this duara dulllard wants to use 56billion to develop the area Again for them to come destroy.

Shai Oga dulllard

How much is Nigeria Budget that Borno alone should get £185 Million Pounds(#56billion Naira).

Boko Haram don collect Amnesty from Backyard on President Buhari Order. Meanwhile the militant are sing Buhari u owe us somethng. hehehehe!

maupe:
Another grand case of political settlement. PMB, keep on giving cash prices to the various corrupt godfathers of the respective states. Olisa Metuh has already warned you, that whatever dubious dealings you engage in, while in office, will be made known to the public, during and after your time in office. If you don't pay for the crimes, in the event of you, having giving up the ghost, after leaving office, your Son or Kim Kardashian daughter will serve your sentence, in your stead.

some part of the money was donated by foreign countries

Buhari is a grand master of terrorist , he want build what his boys destroyed

atbu1983:


some part of the money was donated by foreign countries

That's called misappropriation of funds or financial recklessness/ mismanagement. When Mr A collects loans from a bank and uses it on acquisition of non interest properties and settlement of petty debts, instead of spending it on a financially reliable project, the bank won't refuse your request, if you have a respectable collateral. Because, at the end of the day, if you can't pay settle the loan at the end of the day, you will lose your property to the bank, who Will be the more better for it.

Well...not really unexpected.

He is packing our collective wealth to the north in the name of rehabilitating his region destroyed by his people themselves.. But 2nd Niger bridge he truncated the project.

What an injustice.

assu2013:
When u have not finish boko haram u want 2 develop for Boko Haram to destroy it again

My thought exactly.


More like we established this sect for this, and whether they wanna stop their madness or not, we will carry on as planned.

Wow. Probably after the money has been shared, boko will say bye bye to us and wipe our tears.

Hope's not gonna end up in Sambisa ba?

One of the reasons north wanted power at all cost.
just to collect our collective wealth without appropriation by the national assembly and give it to his brothers up north.

ogb5:
One of the reasons north wanted power at all cost.
just to collect our collective wealth without appropriation by the national assembly and give it to his brothers up north.

The way PMB is spending our money any how baffles me, he doesn't even seek the consent of the National Assembly before spending.

Trut:

The way PMB is spending our money any how baffles me, he doesn't even seek the consent of the National Assembly before spending.

Buhari is a case of do as i say and not as i do. sad we are now in 1980s military rule.