European Union World Food Programme (EU WFP) is partnering Yobe state government to provide assistance to 200,000 victims of Boko Haram insurgency across 10 local government councils of the state.
Head of Damaturu sub office, Niamkeezoua Kodjo, stated this at the handing over ceremony of non food items for income generating activities and nutrition to cooperating partners in Damaturu.
Kodjo said the support was to improve people’s means of livelihood and communities’ long term food security and nutrition resilience through individual and communal assistance building and restoration as well as capacity strengthening.
“In Yobe state, WFP transfers around 665 million-naira cash and distributes 500 metric tons of various food commodities, every month, directly to people assisted across all our programmes. Also 200 victims of Boko Haram insurgency were being provided with assistance across 10 local government councils of the state,” he said.
Governor Mai Mala Buni, represented by his deputy, Idi Barde Gubana noted that the activities of the insurgents had resulted to loss of thousands of live and properties worth billions of naira in the state.
“Our people had suffered maiming, displacement and loss of means of livelihood. With the return of peace, the primary concern of government at all levels, multilateral agencies and other stakeholders is resettlement, rehabilitation and reconstruction of communities destroyed by insurgency.
It is gratifying to note that the materials were gathered here to witness their handing over are aimed at providing conflict affected people with means of livelihood, improvement of their nutrition and resilience capacity in this post-insurgency period.
