The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal, has revealed that the reconstruction of schools and police stations destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents in the Northeast has commenced.
Lawal, disclosed this on Sunday, March 27, in Hong, Adamawa State, during the graduation of 500 students of Buba Industrial Village.
The skills acquisition programme was part of the youth empowerment scheme introduced by Yusuf Buba, the member representing Gombi/Hong federal constituency in the House of Representatives.
He said the reconstruction of the region was part of the election campaign promise made by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The SGF stressed that the aim was to bring lasting solutions to insurgency and rebuild destroyed infrastructure in the area.
“The federal government has begun the reconstruction of schools and police stations, among others, destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents in the Northeast region.
“The present APC-led government is determined to guarantee peaceful co-existence among Nigerians and ensure that Nigerians, irrespective of their locality or belief, benefit from the dividend of democracy,” Lawan said.
He criticised the opposition parties for what he called a campaign of calumny during the last general election, which linked the All Progressives Congress party with a particular religion and the insurgency.
Lawal said Buhari and the APC-led government would never discriminate against any Nigerian on the basis of religion or any other affiliation.
He commended Buba for initiating the skills acquisition programme for youths, describing the gesture as a “landmark achievement” worthy of emulation.
According to him, the programme was the first of its kind in the area since the inception of democracy in 1999.
