9 states receive N5.7 billion for 2011 post-presidential election victims

by Rachel Ogbu

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The sum of N5.7 billion was approved as compensation for victims of the 2011 post-presidential election violence that disturbed some states of the country.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, said only nine out of the 14 states affected in the violence would benefit from the first phase of the gesture as inspection and assessment of damages and losses suffered had yet to be carried out in Borno, Yobe, Gombe, Kaduna and Nasarawa States, reports say.

Here was how the compensation was divided:

Bauchi  –  N1,574,879,000.00

Sokoto – N55,888,506.00

Zamfara– N93,253,485.00

Niger  – N433,375,875.00

Jigawa -N208,667,634.00

Katsina – N1,973,209,440.00

Kano -N944,827,000.00

Adamawa   – N420,089,840.00

Akwa Ibom  –  N43,504,000.00.

“President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the release of a total sum of N5, 747,694,780.00 to nine states of the federation for direct disbursement to those who suffered losses of properties, means of livelihood and places of worship in the post-election violence of 2011,” Abati said.

“It will be recalled that following the post-election violence and civil disturbances in some states after the April 2011 elections President Jonathan set up a Panel of Enquiry headed by Sheik Ahmed Lemu to among other things, identify the spread and extent of losses suffered across the country.”

“Following the submission of the Lemu Panel’s report and its adoption by the Federal Executive Council, the Federal Ministry of Lands and Housing was mandated to assess the reported losses and damage to properties in all affected states.”

“Based on the Ministry’s report, President Jonathan has approved the release of funds to nine of the 14 affected states.”

The Punch reports:

Abati added that Jonathan had also directed that an Implementation Committee for the disbursement of the funds to beneficiaries in the nine states be constituted.

The committee, which will be chaired by the state governor or his deputy, will have a representative of the state government, Secretary of the Sheik Lemu Panel, representative of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and the representative of the Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development as members.

Abati said funds to cover the losses sustained by victims of the post-election violence in the five states not yet captured would be approved and released at the conclusion of the assessment exercise.

 

One comment

  1. I was batch c corp member that served in Bauchi state during 2011 elect., Fed. gov. compensation only went to the families of dead heroes, what about the wounded heroes? we`ve made Nigeria proud in ensuring credible election, we`ve made history even in the face of death we did our patriotic duty and put criminals to shame.thanks to my dear Gov. Chief Dr Godswil Obot Akpabio for his support during the crisis.

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