The Borno State Government says it planning to reconstruct 823
classrooms destroyed by the Boko Haram insurgents following the
gradual return of peace in the state.
Governor Kashim Shettima made this known when he received members of
the Borno Elders Forum at the Government House in Maiduguri, the state
capital, on Sunday.
Shettima said the plan was part of government’s agenda of
“reconstruction, rehabilitation and reintegration”, to consolidate the
return of peace after a prolonged Boko Haram crisis.
He said government would also overhaul the health care system to meet
the aspirations of the people.
According to him: “As we witness the gradual return of peace to the
state, our major task is to embark on reconstruction of the 823
classrooms to allow our children go back to school.
“We will also create massive employment to engage our teeming youth in
useful ventures because that is the only way we can safeguard the
future.”
The governor pointed out that government must tackle the problem of
unemployment to provide a permanent solution to the Boko Haram crisis.
“We have to explore avenues of creating jobs for the youth if we want
to live, but if we fail to address the problem now, the worst
insurgency will happen in the nearest future,” he said.
Shettima said government plans to invest heavily in the agricultural
sector to provide jobs for the youth.
He said: “We have just received information that about 100 containers
carrying various irrigation equipment ordered from India have just
arrived in the country.
“We are hoping that other equipment that we have ordered from other
countries will soon arrive too.”
He said that the objective was to actualise the full agricultural
potentials of the state as well as provide lasting solutions to youth
restiveness.
Earlier, Alhaji Gaji Galtumari, the leader of the forum, told the
governor that the visit was to pay Sallah homage and to commend
Shettima for his numerous developmental projects in the state.
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