Boko Haram: Foundation says it has spent N12bn on rehabilitation in N/East

- The Victims Support Fund says it has spent about N12 billion on rehabilitation in the north-east

- It called for more support to enable millions of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) return homes

- It said funds were being used to support the returnees livelihood by engaging them with empowerment tools and rebuilding infrastructure

- The foundation further said it is trying to get the balance of funds from those who made commitments

Victims Support Fund (VSF), a foundation which assists people affected by the Boko Haram insurgency, has disclosed that it has spent about N12 billion on rehabilitation in the north-east.

The disclosure was made by the vice chairman of the Presidential Committee on the Victims of Terrorism Support, Tijani Tumsah, on Wednesday, December 12, The Guardian reports.

Legit.ng gathers that Tumsah, who represented the body’s chairman, Gen T.Y. Danjuma (rtd), called for more support to enable millions of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) return homes.

He explained: “The Presidential Victim Support Fund has been in existence since 2014, and we have done quite a bit of intervention in the north-east.

“We felt it is necessary to have strategic partnerships with key organisations as The Guardian, in terms of knowing what we’ve been doing and our vision and the way forward and how we see things turning out in the region.”

He further stated that the military is gaining ground in the north-east, adding: “We are able to settle people and they are beginning to return to their ancestral land, making the number of IDPs to have reduced from 2.4 million to around 1.7 million.”

According to Tumsah, funds were being used to support the returnees livelihood by engaging them with empowerment tools for a return to their farms and rebuilding infrastructure that were destroyed by the insurgents.

He added: “What we have on ground is a plan to continue with the establishment of education and making sure that children among the returnees return to the classroom.

“About 600 teachers lost their lives over the insurgency period and 1,200 schools were destroyed. We are reconstructing these schools, and once you rebuild, you have to provide training for the teachers and encourage the students to come back to class.”

He said about 150,000 students have been enrolled, even as school bags, sandals, books and teaching aids have been procured for them to resume school. He said this move would be sustained for some years.

He said the body is trying to get the balance of funds from those who made commitments; disclosing that out of about N56 billion pledged at inception, only N25 million was realized.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that no fewer than 254 surrendered and repented Boko Haram sect members were reintegrated by the federal government.

Major General Bamidele Shafa, coordinator, Operation Safe Corridor, announced the development during a town hall meeting and dialogue with Boko Haram affected communities in Yola.

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