Breaking News:UN begins providing livelihood and recovery support for Boko Haram victims in the northeast

UNITED Nations (UN) officials have begun providing livelihoods and early recovery support to the people of the northeast with the provision of  agro-processing equipment to 700 of Boko Haram's women and youth victims.

Over the last two years, thousands of people have lost their livelihoods to the Boko Haram insurgency as their communities have been decimated. Many have become internally displaced persons (IDPs) while thousands of others have had to flee to neighbouring countries like Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republic.

With the Nigerian Army now having regained the initiative and Boko Haram on the back foot, plans have begun to resettle some of the displaced people. Under this scheme, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has begun giving local people recovery support so they can rebuild their lives. 

UN official, Dr Daouda Toure, said the first phase of providing livelihoods and early recovery support has begun with 700 beneficiaries and further assistance will be provided for another 1,400 UDPs soon. Speaking at a two-day dialogue in Gombe, Dr Toure, the UN resident coordinator/UNDP resident representative, said that said the 700 beneficiaries would be drawn from Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States. 

He added that the 1,400 beneficiaries of agro-processing equipment support would be drawn from Adamawa and Borno States and assisted by the Food and Agriculture Organisation. According to Dr Toure, the UN was formulating a number of early recovery activities aimed at rebuilding the northeast from the destructive activities of Boko Haram and the programmes would commence in the region within the next three weeks.

Dr Toure added: “UNDP, in collaboration with other UN agencies, is formulating an Early Recovery Programme for the northeast. Most of these Early Recovery Programme activities are targeted at women and youth.

“The first of these programme activities will take off within the next few weeks and include the establishment of an ICT-based early response system in Adamawa, Borno and Gombe States. This agro processing equipment support programme will assist the Gombe State government in meeting the immediate needs of IDPs and host communities, specifically in providing farming inputs and agro-processing equipment."

Furthermore, he pointed out that the UN would continue to partner with the federal government and other development partners in rebuilding the socio-economic infrastructure destroyed by Boko Haram. According to Dr Toure, for Nigeria to achieve peace and sustainable development particularly in post-insurgency northeast, women’s role was critical in all aspects.

UNITED Nations (UN) officials have begun providing livelihoods and early recovery support to the people of the northeast with the provision of  agro-processing equipment to 700 of Boko Haram's women and youth victims.

Over the last two years, thousands of people have lost their livelihoods to the Boko Haram insurgency as their communities have been decimated. Many have become internally displaced persons (IDPs) while thousands of others have had to flee to neighbouring countries like Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republic.

With the Nigerian Army now having regained the initiative and Boko Haram on the back foot, plans have begun to resettle some of the displaced people. Under this scheme, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has begun giving local people recovery support so they can rebuild their lives.

UN official, Dr Daouda Toure, said the first phase of providing livelihoods and early recovery support has begun with 700 beneficiaries and further assistance will be provided for another 1,400 UDPs soon. Speaking at a two-day dialogue in Gombe, Dr Toure, the UN resident coordinator/UNDP resident representative, said that said the 700 beneficiaries would be drawn from Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States.

He added that the 1,400 beneficiaries of agro-processing equipment support would be drawn from Adamawa and Borno States and assisted by the Food and Agriculture Organisation. According to Dr Toure, the UN was formulating a number of early recovery activities aimed at rebuilding the northeast from the destructive activities of Boko Haram and the programmes would commence in the region within the next three weeks.

Dr Toure added: “UNDP, in collaboration with other UN agencies, is formulating an Early Recovery Programme for the northeast. Most of these Early Recovery Programme activities are targeted at women and youth.

“The first of these programme activities will take off within the next few weeks and include the establishment of an ICT-based early response system in Adamawa, Borno and Gombe States. This agro processing equipment support programme will assist the Gombe State government in meeting the immediate needs of IDPs and host communities, specifically in providing farming inputs and agro-processing equipment."

Furthermore, he pointed out that the UN would continue to partner with the federal government and other development partners in rebuilding the socio-economic infrastructure destroyed by Boko Haram. According to Dr Toure, for Nigeria to achieve peace and sustainable development particularly in post-insurgency northeast, women’s role was critical in all aspects.

He said Nigeria was currently enjoying unprecedented global acceptance and goodwill following the success recorded in the last general elections. Dr Toure specifically lauded the people of the northeast and the IDPs in particular for their large turnout during the polls.

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