Federal Government of Nigeria has officially launched the construction of homes for internally displaced people in Benue.
Dr Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation made this known during a two-day tour to the state on Wednesday.
The minister gave the state’s citizens assurances about Bola Tinubu’s promise to relocate the displaced people while unveiling the cluster settlement’s building at Mbagwen in the Makurdi Local Government Area.
Edu said Tinubu-led administration was concerned about the plight of the people who have been displaced from their ancestral homes to resettle them.
She said, “It is time for Benue people who have cried for too long to enjoy. This is the beginning of a journey to return home.
“Tinubu had promised to work with Governor Hyacinth Alia to return the people home and today is the beginning of fulfilment of that promise”.
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The minister, further said, “You cannot reduce a Food basket of the nation to hunger, hope is here. You will occupy your places and provide food for the nation. You will return home in peace.
“Bola Tinubu does not want the people to live in shanties but in their homes where they can wake up and produce food for the nation. The people will build the houses themselves. This gives them the dignity to build their hone as well as empower them financially.”
The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, said attacks on the people have been ongoing since 2010 and heightened in 2016.
He lauded Tinubu for keeping his pledge to return the people to their ancestral homes and urged the people to be patient with the government.