By Lucy Ogalue
Borno Governor, Babagana Zulum, has commended the African Development Bank (AfDB) for implementing 65.75 million dollars Inclusive Basic Service Delivery and Livelihood Empowerment Integrated Programme (IBSDLEIP) in the state.
Zulum gave the commendation when he visited the Director-General, Nigeria Country Department of AfDB, Mr Lamin Barrow, in Abuja.
According to the governor, the programme will ameliorate the effects of insurgency in the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the programme is aimed at improving the people’s quality of life by increasing access of the internally displaced population to basic social services.
The services include water, sanitation, hygiene, health and education; livelihood opportunities; food security, and strengthened safety net systems to facilitate the reintegration of the displaced populations.
The programme also focuses on reintegrating the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Psychosocial support,…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
