Borno constructs 500 houses for insurgency, fire disasters’ victims

Borno  state Governor Alhaji Kashim Shettima has said the state government had constructed 500 housing units to resettle victims of insurgency and fire disasters.

The governor stated this recently in Gajiram headquarters of Nganzai local government area of the state while distributing relief materials to some fire disaster victims.

Shettima said the housing project was at the completion stage and would be allocated in April.

“We are inaugurating 500 newly constructed houses, mega schools and general hospital projects in the next two weeks. About 13 of the 45 fire fighting vehicles procured by the government will also be distributed to the communities,” he said.

The governor said government would also embark on comprehensive awareness campaign to check the spate of fire outbreak in the state.

Shettima assured that government would ensure fairness in the distribution of the houses, saying, “only those affected should be beneficiaries.”

Also speaking Chairman Borno state Emergency Management Agency (SEMA),Hajiya Yabawa Kolo, said more than 1,500 households were displaced in the Gajiram fire disaster.

Kolo said the agency in collaboration with the Presidential Committee on North-East Initiative, distributed relief items to the victims to reduce their sufferings.

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