The Lake Chad Basin Commission said it had articulated an emergency development program of about N13 billion to complement the ongoing war on Boko Haram in the North-East and areas affected by insurgency.
The Executive Secretary of the LCBC, Sanusi Abdulahi, said this at the meeting of Ministers of Defence, Chiefs of Defence Staff of the Lake Chad Basin Commission member states and Benin in Abuja on Tuesday.
He noted that the Heads of State and Government of LCBC member states have directed the Commission to develop an emergency development initiative on the Boko Haram security threat.
According to him, the Head of states and Government of LCBC member states had also directed that the development initiative should be implemented in areas affected by the insurgency.
He said, “We have therefore articulated an emergency development programme for the sum of 38.5 billion francs or about N13 billion and the money will be implemented as follows: Region of Lac and Hadjar Lamis in Chad Republic, Far North Region of Cameroon, Regions of Diffa and Zinder in Niger Republic.
“Other areas where the development would be implemented include States of Borno, Adamawa, Gombe, Bauchi, Jigawa and Kano in Nigeria.”
Abdulahi stated that the overall objective of the programme, which would last 18 months in the first phase, is the reduction of poverty through the implementation of development activities in the regions.
The initiative, he added, would also combat the causes and conditions that precipitate insecurity, adding that the programme would specifically undertake actions that generate revenues through agro-pastoral, business enterprises.
“It will also strengthen the capacity of youth, women and vulnerable groups by financing social and professional integration skill acquisition,” he said
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