A member of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Hon. Abdulrahaman Terab has said that the task of rebuilding Bama, one of Borno state’s major town, which has been under continuous attack of the outlawed Boko Haram sect will need N3.5 billion.
Bama has suffered three major attacks from the insurgents with over 100 persons killed and property worth billions of naira destroyed.
The once viable commercial town has not been the same ever since the attacks as it remains desolate with many buildings dilapidated.
The town, which used to be one of the most populated areas in troubled Borno State with over 500, 000 persons, now has few thousand residents as people continue to flee.
Speaking to journalists Sunday, Terab, who represents Bama/Dikwa/Gamboru-Ngala in the House of Representatives, said the state government could not be left alone with the burden of rebuilding Bama.
He described the work as “massive”, noting that “it will eat up a great chunk of the resources of the state”.
The lawmaker pleaded that the federal government should come to the aid of the once viable commercial town, insisting that Borno State was already burdened with heavy load of reconstruction in so many parts as a result of the Boko Haram crisis.
Terab observed that life had started returning to the town with the market which was closed for so long now opened and traders allowed to trade unimpeded.
It will be recalled that roads leading to Bama was closed for over a month immediately after the major Boko Haram attack which led to the killing of 55 persons, mainly policemen.
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