Hope For Normalcy Growing in North-East – UN Envoy

UN regional director for Africa, Ahunna Eziakonwa, says normalcy is returning to Nigeria’s north-east.

Speaking in Abuja on Friday, Eziaonwa said remarkable progress has been recorded in the region, courtesy of the UN’s intervention.

She said: “I am happy to say that when we started this two years ago, we didn’t know if it would be successful because of its complexities, but some of the donors trusted us,”

“This mission confirmed for me that there is proof of this concept of working in a development crisis context. Indeed on the faces of those that we met there, we saw hope being restored.

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“There are still many challenges, but it was amazing to see that because of these green shoots of investments that we are starting to make in rehabilitating the areas, people are feeling confident enough to go back to their ancestral homes to re-cultivate their lives.”

Eziakonwa revealed when she visited Banki, a border town between Nigeria and Cameroon, she discovered that schools had resumed within communities.