The Benue Government says the Federal Government is building 200 low-cost houses for internally-displaced persons, IDPs, in the state.
Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Aondowase Kunde, disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in Makurdi.
Mr Kunde said that the 200 low-cost houses would be built in clusters across the eight most-devastated local government areas of the state.
He said the state government had carried out extensive consultations with relevant stakeholders, especially the traditional council, religious leaders and displaced persons, amongst others before arriving at the decision.
The commissioner said that the IDPs had agreed to return to the cluster houses that would be built, adding that schools, hospitals and other social amenities would also be provided for them.
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He said that the state government would support the federal government by providing land, labour and other things needed within the areas for the success of the project.
He further stated that the locals in the affected communities would build the houses themselves, while the federal government would provide the funds and supervision.
According to him, the IDPs are already in the process of clearing the area at Tatyoo, Mbagwen, Makurdi Local Government Area, for the construction of the houses in the area, adding that they would be paid for the job.
“I was asked to clear the area within 24 hours for the construction of the first phase of cluster resettlement homes in Tatyo, Mbagwen and at the Ichwa IDPs camp. The minister added another 20 houses, making it 40 homes in the first phase.
“Altogether, the federal government is building 200 houses for the IDPs in Benue State.
