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Insurgency: EU Claims It Has Spent €130 million In Borno

According to the European Union’s (EU) head of delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ambassador Samuela Isopi, the EU’s intervention programs have given hope to millions of people displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno State and the North East.
She claimed that the EU had contributed around €130 million to the Borno State government’s efforts to rebuild and rehabilitate affected communities over the previous four years.
According to her, this funding support alone has contributed to the restoration of basic services and livelihoods for displaced people and their host communities, including health and nutrition, agriculture and livelihood, water and sanitation, social protection, education, conflict mitigation, and cohesion.
The EU official spoke at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja during the premiere of HOPE, a documentary film about the state’s displaced people.
According to Isopi, the EU’s funding support for conflict-affected areas in Borno over the last four years has contributed to the restoration of peace and hope for millions of people in the state.
In addition, she said, the EU had, since 2014, provided over €345 million in humanitarian assistance, including the €56 million funding allocated in 2021, in an effort to help meet the basic needs of the conflict-affected people by supporting emergency food aid, shelter, access to clean water, hygiene and sanitation, basic primary healthcare, protection and education.
“We are happy to see that the support has brought hope back to Borno State as millions of people are now returning to their communities,” she added.
The documentary’s goal, according to the Ambassador, is to raise awareness among European and Nigerian populations about the impact of the conflict and humanitarian crisis affecting the people of Borno State in Nigeria’s north-east. In addition, the film emphasizes the EU’s role in Nigeria’s partnership with the government, as well as its contribution to humanitarian and recovery assistance to conflict-affected populations.
Ada Peter
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