YOLA — The Emir of Askira in Borno State, Alhaji Mai Abdullahi Muhammadu has requested the building of the fences as part of efforts to fortify them against attacks.
The Victims Support Fund (VSF) therefore met the request of the Emir by inaugurating perimeter fences built at police stations and police barracks in Askira – a border town between Borno and Adamawa States.
The Chairman of the VSF, General TY Danjuma (Retd.), represented by the VSF Executive Director, Prof. Nana Tanko reiterated the commitment of the fund to supporting victims of terrorism and insurgency by the mandate of the VSF.
“The mission and responsibility of the Victims Support Fund are to help in early recovery i.e. to help people after the insurgency to rebuild their lives. That is why in the past, we have built several primary schools, supported children to go back to school, trained teachers to make sure that children are well taught, empowered women to rebuild their lives, and supported farmers to go back to their farms in Askira,” he said.
In his message, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State through the Commissioner for Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RRR), Mustapha Gubio, commended the VSF for ensuring that distressed communities in Borno State were resettled.
He also thanked the fund for supporting the relocation of 80,000 IDPs to their ancestral homes in 13 local government areas of the state.
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