The Federal Government has allotted 40 houses to Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in Zamfara State.
The Minister of Humanitarian and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, carried out the handing-over ceremony throughout a two-day official working go to to commiserate with the state authorities and the college group.
The minister expressed concern over the latest abduction of 25 college students of the Federal University, Gusau.
(*40*) promised collaborative efforts with the state authorities to rescue the scholars and others nonetheless in captivity.
Mrs Edu mentioned President Bola Tinubu had already given marching orders to safety companies to guarantee protected rescue of the remaining folks underneath captivity.
(*40*) mentioned her go to to Zamfara was lengthy overdue contemplating the magnitude of humanitarian disaster that made the state to be a flash level of the ministry.
In addition to sympathy go to, the ministry was in the state to revalidate social information of the susceptible communities and to hand over 40 houses to IDPs
While addressing the college group, the minister gave the president’s assurance that these college students can be again and proceed with their research.
Mrs Edu maintained that safety and training have been the highest priorities of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, and that what made him to introduce college students mortgage and different scholarships was to encourage extra enrollment into college and different tertiary establishments.
The minister equally handed over the 40 items of houses to Governor Dauda Lawan for onward distribution to IDPs in the state, as a part of FG’s efforts to handle humanitarian points.
Governor Lawan thanked the minister for the go to and the willpower of the ministry to collaborate with the state in tackling humanitarian disaster affecting residents.
The governor described metropolis constructed underneath the Renewed Hope Programme as a important intervention in addressing humanitarian challenges of the state.
He known as on the minister to contemplate development of two extra cities in Zamfara North and West senatorial districts.
The Vice-Chancellor of the FUGUS, Prof. Muazu Abubakar, mentioned the college administration was doing all inside its capacity to encourage college students not to be distracted by the ugly incident.
He thanked the minister for the go to and appealed for extra safety intervention to the college.
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