The Federal Government yesterday unfolded North East Marshall Plan (NEMAP) on the short, intermediate and long term interventions in economic reconstruction, development and emergency assistance at projected total budgetary expenditure of N92 .2 billion for the sub-region.
The critical intermediate plan is for the over two million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The long-term implementation of NEMAP will also cost N116.4 billion in addressing the needs of non-returning IDPs in the affected states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.
Presenting the Marshall Plan yesterday in Maiduguri at the Government House Multi-Purpose Hall, the Presidential Committee on North East Interventions (PCNI) led by Mohammed Danjuma disclosed that the Federal Government is strongly determined to comprehensively address the crisis in the region.
His words: “The North East Emergency Assistance and Economic Stabilization programmes are designed to deliver restorative and palliative services to displaced people, vulnerable persons and the most affected households in the need of assistance. This marshal plan or programme has five main components and will last up to 24 months.
He listed the programmes to be fully implemented by accelerating relief programme, and the fast tracking of all federal projects in the affected North East sub-region of the country. “Other slated various programmes under NEMAP, included comprehensive relief assistances, social assistances, education revitalisation and productive works programme.
Citing productive works in the affected communities of the region, he said: “The total budget for the comprehensive short term plan of the marshal plan will cost the Federal Government the sum of N33.12 billion; while comprehensive relief to also cost N52.8 billion. “Targeted cash transfers, mobile hospitals and medical support to the displaced persons in the various affected communities will also gulp the sum of N6.4 billion.”
He said the mobile containerized schools and the adoption of the school initiative have costed the Federal Government N164 million. The redevelopment plan for each sector of NEMAP, according to him, was defined by the committee to target specific challenges in the agriculture, health, education, safety and security, infrastructure and job creation sectors of the region’s economy in the next two years.
The United Nations country representative, Mrs Ratizou Ndlovu said that NEMAP requires: “Mountainous sectorial responses that should be fully implemented by various levels of governments, donor agencies and other stakeholders, before the lives of IDPs could be restored in their respective communities.
In his brief remarks, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said that the Federal Government is ready to engage in the full implementation of the plans and programmes for sub-region.
