The North East Development Commission (NEDC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding MOU with a Chinese construction company for the Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement of millions of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and other victims of insurgency in the region.
Chairman of the newly reconstituted Board, Paul Tarfa made this known to newsmen shortly after signing the MoU at the headquarters of the Commission in Maiduguri.
Tarfa who was accompanied by the Managing Director and other Board members said, the Memorandum of Understanding became imperative to scale up the people oriented interventions executed by the commission within the six states – Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, Bauchi and Taraba.
According to him, a wholistic approach is needed to address most of the short and long term durable solutions.
The Chairman pointed out that areas of collaboration include renewable energy and power generation, health care, education, agriculture, roads construction, favourable climate, jobs creation, poverty alleviation, rehabilitation and resettlement.
Managing Director of the Chinese company, Liu said the MoU is aimed to prioritise key areas such as reconstruction, ecological and climate change, power, transportation, resettlement, education and hosts of other projects.
