FHA to lead reconstruction of North-East communities

The Federal Housing Authority says it will play a major role in the reconstruction of communities destroyed by the Boko Haram sect in the North-East.

The Managing Director, FHA, Prof. Mohammed Al-Amin, said the organisation would also help in the rehabilitation of millions of Internally Displaced Persons.

A statement by the FHA quoted Al-Amin as making the pledge in Maiduguri, Borno State, when he led top management staff of the agency to mark this year’s World Habitat Day with the estimated two million IDPS in their various camps.

According to the FHA, the delegation visited the IDPs housed in Dalori camp, the National Youth Service Corps camp and at the Yerwa Government Girls Secondary School, all in Maiduguri.

Al-Amin was quoted as saying that President Muhammadu Buhari had a personal and official passion for the rehabilitation of the destroyed communities and the quick resettlement of the IDPs.

“The FHA is working tirelessly towards translating that passion into quick action that will redeem the extreme conditions to which the IDPs have been exposed,” he said.

According to him, the FHA is introducing the Rammed Earth Technology by which a four-bedroom house can be completed in four days.

Al-Amin also presented various relief materials to the IDPs and visited the state governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, and the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai El-Kanemi.

The Zonal Coordinator, National Emergency Management Authority, Alhaji Mohammed Kanar, was also quoted to have said that the FHA was the first organisation to visit the IDP camps in Maiduguri.

Al-Amin also commended the state government for its efforts towards helping the IDPs.

The statement quoted the state Commissioner for Works and Transport, Alhaji Ahmed Lawan, who stood in for the governor, as saying that many communities in the state such as Bama, Monguno, Gwoza and Dikwa had been totally destroyed.