Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno, has said 500 displaced households from Malam-Fatori, Abadam LGA of the state, will be resettled before Ramadan.
Zulum made the pledge during a visit to the area on Sunday.
Malam-Fatori had been abandoned by most of its residents since the early stages of the Boko Haram terrorism in 2014.
During the visit, the governor inspected 1,000 temporary shelters which the households will occupy before permanent houses are fully reconstructed.
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He said: “Five hundred households will, Insha Allah, arrive before Ramadan fast. This is the right time to resettle them back to their ancestral homes in a safe and dignified manner before the rainy season,”
Zulum, who directed that five blocks of classrooms at a central primary school be built by the state’s ministry of reconstruction, rehabilitation and resettlement within the next 10 days, also ordered the rehabilitation of a healthcare centre and a Friday mosque around the old cattle market in the town.
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