Borno Government on Thursday said
it had constructed 1,760 boreholes for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to
participate in dry season farming in three Local Government Areas.
Mr Abdull
Ahmad, Director, Engineering Infrastructural Services, Borno Agricultural
Development Programme (BOSADP), said this in an interview with the News Agency
of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri.
Ahmad said
the affected persons were located in Konduga, Jere and Damboa local government
area.
He said
the state government, National Programme for Food Security (NPFS), FADAMA three
and the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) would jointly sponsor the
programme.
He said
about N24.3 million had been spent on the programme, adding the amount was
expected to cover 70 per cent of the project in the areas.
“The
programme is designed to encourage IDPs, especially women and children who lost
their means of livelihood to participate in dry season farming.
“So far we
have successfully constructed 1,232 boreholes at the rate of N14,150 each,
while 528 were rehabilitated at N11,650 each.”
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