Borno state government relocate NYSC Camp IDPs seven years after.
Borno state government has relocated over three thousand families from Internally displaced persons camps to newly resettled communities.
Commissioner for Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Alhaji Mustapha Gubio made this known to newsmen shortly after handing over NYSC camp to officials of the Youths Service Corps in Maiduguri.
It was a joyous moment for over six thousand Internally displaced persons of NYSC camp in Maiduguri as they have been officially relocated to Auno after seven years.
Other pictures shows how the IDPs are making final preparations to leave the camp for Auno. Photo Credit: Dauda Iliya
Each returnee household was given one hundred thousand naira and food items for a period of one month.
Governor Babagana Zulum had promised to closed down three camps by the end May, while the remaining 24 camps would be shut down by the end of the year.
Chairman Borno state Resettlement Committee and Commissioner Ministry for Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Alhaji Mustapha Gubio said non of the Displaced Persons was forced out the camp as they were given three options of resettlement in Auno, Maiduguri metropolis or their respective communities.
According to him, now that the IDPs have been relocated, NYSC Orientation which was suspended for nearly ten years, would resume in the state.
“The state government is planning to commence Orientation of Corp members here in Maiduguri, for one decade now our children are doing Orientation in other states, therefore is an opportunity for them to start Orientation activities “.
Commissioner Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources Alhaji Bukar Talba said the state government has established mega farms in Auno and Damasak to enable returnees commence farming activities this cropping season.
“The Governor has directed us to commence farming between Auno and Jakana communities, two-two hundred metres, so we have open up the land to enable every returnee have land and we have Agro-Rangers that will assist them. They will be there from morning to evening “.
Director General State Emergency Management Agency Hajiya Yabawa Kolo remarked that committe has shut down MOGOLIS and NYSC camps and relocated IDPs of Kawuri, Ajiri, Baga to their communities.
Two of the IDPs Kaltum Adamu from Konduga and Mohammed Abatcha from Bama complained that they have neither received the allocation letter or the resettlement package of one hundred thousand naira, calling on the government to consider their plight.
Corespondent Dauda Iliya reports that for the past seven years, NYSC camp has been housing IDPs from Bama, Konduga and Damboa Local Government Areas.
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