Boko Haram killed 20,000 people in 4 years – Presidency
– Presidency says 20,000 people were killed as 1.8 million people were displaced from their towns and villages by Boko Haram sect.
– Akande discloses that $9bn will be required by the federal government to rebuild the Northeast
At least 20,000 people were killed by Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram, between 2011 and 2015 in Nigeria, the presidency has revealed.
This was disclosed in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday, April 5, by Laolu Akande, the senior special assistant to the vice-president on media and publicity.
According to the report, about 1.8 million people were also displaced from their towns and villages by the sect.
Quoting Dr. Marian Masha, the senior special assistant to the president on Internally Displaced Persons, Akande read out the figure from a report titled,“Nigeria Recovery and Peace Building Assessment (RPBA).”
At least 20,000 people were killed by Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram, between 2011 and 2015 in Nigeria, the presidency has revealed.
Akande said the RPBA findings estimated that about $9bn would be required for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of damaged infrastructure in the in the six Northeast states of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe, The Punch reports.
He said: “The RPBA findings also revealed that the six states would need $6.4bn to undertake recovery efforts to cushion the devastation inflicted on the Northeast geopolitical zone between 2011 and 2015.
“Borno state was worse hit by the crisis with a loss of $6bn while Yobe and Adamawa states were next in devastation.
“The Northeast region suffered damages worth $3bn in housing alone while it also suffered damages in terms of livestock which brought about the need to restore agriculture in the region.”
According to Akande, the assessments were carried out under the three main components of Infrastructure and Social Services, Peace Building, Stability and Social Cohesion, and Economic Recovery with focus on cross-cutting issues such as governance and accountability, citizen engagement, institutional capacity for implementation, gender, youth, human rights and de-mining.
“Dr. Masha added that no fewer than 20,000 lives were lost while 1.8 million people were displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency and the planned interventions are to be implemented over time, in view of resources that are available for its implementation,”Akande said.
Akande said Masha also described recovery in the Northeast as a priority of the federal government.
The report from the presidency comes hours after men of the Nigerian Army rescued 275 persons held hostage by the Boko Haram terrorists.
The rescue operation was carried out by troops of 152 Task Force Battalion in conjunction with troops of Sector 1 of Multinational Joint Task Force.
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