Nigeria: FG Launches North East's Recovery, Peace Building Assessment

25 January 2016
opinion

The Federal Government on Monday launched a Recovery and Peace Building Assessment (RPBA) programme for the states in the North East in furtherance of its determination to rebuild and rehabilitate the region. The programme is in conjunction with the World Bank, the European Union and the United Nations. The federal government-led initiative would be conducted within the framework of the Joint EU-UN-WB Declaration on international crisis recovery cooperation with the North-East states of Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, Gombe, Taraba and Bauchi. The Special Adviser to the President on Social Investments, Mrs Mariam Uwais, said the RPBA would essentially build upon existing initiatives and body of work on the North East produced at the federal and state levels. They include the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the North East States Transformation Strategy (NESTS). "Such an objective platform with details gathered from the community members themselves, would afford this country the veritable foundation for social interventions at all levels.

"Our office is set to set up a lean coordinating hub at the federal level for coordinating all safety nets that currently exist in ministries and government agencies. "With states and local governments, we hope to set minimum standards and criteria, monitor the implementation of projects at all levels of government. "We will establish uniform structures and feasible delivery mechanisms for monitoring and evaluation, research and reporting to make for efficiency, transparency and accountability," she said. The World Bank Country Director, Mr Rachid Benmessaoud, noted that insurgency in the North East had claimed several lives and created a lot of humanitarian problems. He said the organisation was pleased to continue with the engagement of the government in formulating a peace building and effective recovery system in the North East. "The aim is to support the government in the assessment and prioritisation of immediate and medium term peace building needs, including assistance to the conflict affected people," said the director. He said that the RPBA would cover infrastructure and social services; peace building, stability and social cohesion as well as economic recovery. He said the programme would address the causes and proffer solutions to the development challenges in the region.

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