The federal government of Nigeria has inaugurated resettlement cities to address humanitarian challenges across the country, with the flag-off of the maiden edition of the Nigeria International Humanitarian Summit (NIHS).
President Muhammadu Buhari unveiled the model of the Nigeria Humanitarian hub, smart resettlement cities and digital academy in the four States of Borno, Kano, Nasarawa and Zamfara.
Each city consists of 50 units of two-bedroom blocks of flats and 20 units of studio apartments, and is equipped with a resource centre for skill acquisition, a police station for security, a clinic for primary healthcare provision, a large expanse of land for farming, and a market for facilitating trade and industry.
Minister Farouq stated that the federal government is currently finalising arrangements to take in and empower about 490 beneficiaries under Batch-C of the N-Power programme, and that the number of registered persons in the social security register had increased to over 60 million, as of April this year.
