FG To Raise $500m For Boko Haram Victims In 12 Months

As the federal government gets set to officially launch the Boko Haram Victims Support fund today, President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed hope that about $500 million would have been raised through the fund within a period of 12 months to further alleviate the sufferings and deprivations unleashed on Nigerians living in areas most affected by the insurgents.

Accordingly, he urged members of Nigerian private sector and friends of the country in the international community to provide more relief and succour for all those who have been adversely affected by terrorism and insurgency in the country.Speaking at two separate audiences with the secretary-general of the Commonwealth, Mr. Kamalesh Sharma, and the executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin, the president reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to doing all within its powers to help victims of insurgency and terrorism rebuild their lives and communities, and said the fund would be managed by a non-governmental organization.

He added that the fund would also be deployed in support of the rebuilding of destroyed schools and the creation of a safer environment for education in affected states.