Governor Zulum of Borno State
By Dauda R. Pam, Maiduguri
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State has laid the foundation stone for the construction of 1,000 unit of houses to establish a Resettlement City in Monguno town to cater for the over 89,000 Internally displaced persons, (IDP) from the northern part of the state.
The estate which is specifically designed to relocate IDPs from Marte, Abadam, Kukawa, Guzamala, Monguno and Nganzai local governments will cost the state government a whooping N5bn and scheduled to be completed within six months.
Commissioner, Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Engineer Mustapha Gubio, said the housing estate is purposely to relocate the 89,000 IDPs presently occupying schools and other government premises in Monguno town to enable the schools resume normal activities after long period of non activities.
According to him, the estate will comprise of schools, hospital, boreholes, police station, fire service station, and housing management office.
Other facilities are, a market, CJTF and vigilante hunters office, sports center, roads and drainages, electricity, water management office, PHCN office, shopping complexes, motor park and , recreational center for their comfort.
Governor Zulum also laid the foundation stone for the construction of higher science and Islamic school that will accommodate the science students from the Government Science Secondary School and other schools within the catchment area and that, the school project will cost government about N75 million and to be completed within a period of 3 months.
In his remarks, Commissioner of Education, Hon. Bello Ayuba, said the Islamic School will fast track and expand Arabic and Islamic knowledge as Islamic studies in the area have great preference and priority, but, however, lamented the closure of Arabic and Islamic schools in the area which had caused a serious set-back as this will give the students ample opportunity to acquire Arabic and Islamic knowledge by way of addressing illiteracy.
He said that, the school will have all the necessary modern facilities including computer science laboratory which is the required standard for the Islamic School along with adequate and trained teaching and administrative personnel.
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