Gov. Fintiri Commissions IOM Housing Support Project For Over 1082 IDPs
Daily Rendezvous Nyahama Japhet No fewer than 1,082 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from 182 households have benefited from 215 constructed mudbrick houses by International Organization of Migration (IOM). Also known as Malkohi New City, the 215 housing project meant for the IDPs is sited at Malkohi layout Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State. In his speech the Country Representative of IOM Laurent De Boeck maintained that the project is the modest contribution of the IOM to support displaced and vulnerable people affected by insurgency to resume their lives and livelihood without depending on aid. He revealed that the IOM in 2021 started implementing a project known as "sustainable integration of internally displaced populations in the northeast Nigeria" using an innovative post emergency approach to humanitarian assistance. According to De Boeck, the IDPs are largely from Gwoza, Bama, Dikwa, and Monguno LGAs of Borno State who endured immense ...