Adamawa empowers 60,000 Boko Haram victims with SWEEP

The Adamawa State government has established a new poverty alleviation programme called the Social Welfare Economic Empowerment Programme (SWEEP).

The government said over 60,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) would be among the first beneficiaries of the programme.

Governor Bala James Ngilari spoke on the programme when he visited the palace of Emir of Mubi, Alhaji Abubakar Isa Ahmadu to assess the damage the Boko Haram insurgents did when they captured the town.

Ngilari promised to repair the vandalised palace of the emir of Mubi by the  insurgents as well he made a call to the federal government to come to the aid of the state by repairing the federal roads and bridges damaged by the outlaw group.

The governor, who was represented by his Chief of Staff, Alhaji Chubado Tijjani, hailed the security agents for their commitment to the nation’s sovereignty.

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