{"id":69201,"date":"2019-09-18T00:25:26","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T23:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=69201"},"modified":"2019-09-18T00:25:26","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T23:25:26","slug":"undp-were-committed-to-rebuilding-infrastructure-in-boko-haram-affected-states-minister-commends-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/undp-were-committed-to-rebuilding-infrastructure-in-boko-haram-affected-states-minister-commends-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"UNDP: We&#8217;re committed to rebuilding infrastructure in Boko Haram-affected states, Minister commends Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m-7462252337906306593\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said it was committed to<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">the rebuilding of the three most-affected Boko Haram (BH) States of<br \/>\nAdamawa, Borno and Yobe states, just as the Minister of State for Budget<br \/>\nand National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, commended the<br \/>\nprogramme&#8217;s commitment in that regard.UNDP&#8217;s Resident Representative in Nigeria, Mr Mohammed Yahya, told the<br \/>\nMinister during a courtesy visit to the Ministry in Abuja that there was<br \/>\na stabilisation facility to take care of the affected states in the<br \/>\nareas of infrastructure development including roads, houses, clinics and<br \/>\npolice stations, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Yahya disclosed that the UNDP had already resource mobilized $64 million<br \/>\nfor the region in a period of eighteen months with 50 percent coming to<br \/>\nNigeria.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, &#8220;the Stabilisation facility is a by-product of the<br \/>\nRegional Stabilisation Strategy adopted last year with approval for<br \/>\nNigeria as the largest contributor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were able to launch it in Berlin where your predecessor, former<br \/>\nMinister of State, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, represented Nigeria and committed<br \/>\nthat Nigeria would support the implementation of the facility in the<br \/>\ncountry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said the effort through the stabilisation facility was to convince<br \/>\nthe community that governments at the federal and state levels were very<br \/>\nmuch interested in ensuring their development and moving them from the<br \/>\nconcept of crisis to getting the entire region back on its footing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, we hope to show our commitment to Nigeria and see how Nigeria<br \/>\nherself is able to contribute to the budget of the programme,&#8221; Yahya<br \/>\nstated.<\/p>\n<p>The minister expressed appreciation to the UNDP on the stabilisation<br \/>\nfacility and stressed the need to bring back the broken down<br \/>\ninfrastructure in the three states.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, &#8220;That will bring a lot of succor to our people; give<br \/>\nthem meaning to life and a new hope.\u00a0 We will work with you to ensure<br \/>\nthat those projects come in very quickly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said that the Ministry would be interested in how the UNDP could<br \/>\ndeploy technology and capacity building in assisting it to develop the<br \/>\nnew national development plan that would succeed the Economic Recovery<br \/>\nand Growth Plan (ERGP) in 2021. 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