Boko Haram: VSF Inaugurates 147 Public Buildings in Yobe

 

Victims Support Fund (VSF) on Monday inaugurated 147 public buildings put at a total cost of N1.45 billion in Yobe State.

This is part of efforts to reconstruct the Boko Haram affected state after various degrees of destruction from the decade-old crisis.

Speaking at the inauguration of some of the projects in Potiskum, one of the largest towns in the troubled state, the Executive Director of VSF, Prof. Sunday Ochoche, said: “We have expended about N1.45 billion in building projects across Yobe State in our effort to rebuild the Northeast geopolitical zone after the destruction from the insurgency.”

He disclosed that the projects were executed across 11 local government areas in the state.

Ochoche said the renovated structures included hospitals, primary and secondary schools, local government secretariats, local education authority buildings, a local government lodge and deep water boreholes.

He noted that the intervention was aimed at promoting the re-establishment of local governance and restoration of basic social amenities as well as creating an enabling environment for return and accelerated recovery.

The VSF boss revealed that the 11 beneficiary local government areas are Potiskum, Fika, Gulani, Geidam, Yunusari, Tarmuwa, Gujba, Busari, Fune, Damaturu and Buni Yadi.

He promised that VSF would continue to strive to bring succour to victims all over Nigeria while also ensuring that resources are utilised judiciously in the execution of all its projects.

 Ochoche said: “We hereby appeal to the state government to ensure the maximum and optimal use of the facilities.”

While responding, Yobe State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam, said the government and the people of the state appreciated the effort of the VSF in all its initiatives across the state.