The Borno Government on Tuesday said about one million houses and public structures were destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents in the state.

According to the state, properties worth over N1.9tn have also been destroyed in the past six years.

Alhaji Yerima Saleh, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Resettlement, disclosed this at a news conference in Maiduguri.

Saleh also said that the insurgents razed down 986, 453 residential homes; 5, 335 classrooms, 201 health facilities, 1, 630 water facilities and 726 power distribution stations and transformers.

“The quantum of destruction caused by insurgents is monumental resulting in serious humanitarian crisis.

“The damage calls for serious intervention from government, development and humanitarian organisations.

“The destruction has rendered 22 out of the 27 local government council areas uninhabitable,” he said.

He disclosed that the state government had so far constructed about 25, 000 houses in the liberated communities.

Saleh said that more than 10,000 houses were reconstructed in Bama, while 7,000 others were completed in Gwoza.

“We are going into total reconstruction and rehabilitation in Bama, Dikwa and Ngala.

“The projects have reached between 50 and 75 per cent completion in the affected areas,” he said.

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