Jonathan approves N5.7b for victims of 2011 post-election violence in nine states

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday approved N5,747,694,780 for victims of 2011 post-election violence in nine states .
The victims lost property, their means of livelihood and places of worship to the violence.
Jonathan set up a panel of enquiry, headed by Sheik Ahmed Lemu to, among other things, identify the spread and extent of losses suffered across the country following the post-election violence and disturbances in the states.
After the submission of the panel’s report and its adoption by the Federal Executive Council (FEC), the Federal Ministry of Lands and Housing was mandated to assess the reported losses and damage to property in all affected states.
A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, noted that based on the Ministry of Lands and Housing’s report, President Jonathan approved the release of funds to nine of the 14 affected states.
The President also directed that an Implementation Committee for the disbursement of the funds to beneficiaries in the nine states be constituted as follows: “Chairman of the committee – Governor or Deputy Governor, and members to include representative of State Government, Secretary of the Sheik Lemu Panel, Representative of the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Representative of the FMLH&UD.”
The statement reads: “Inspection and assessment of damages and losses suffered are yet to be carried out in Borno, Yobe, Gombe, Kaduna and Nasarawa states as modalities and further instructions for the exercise are still being expected from the state governments.”
“Funds to cover the losses sustained by victims of the post-election violence in these five states will be approved and released at the conclusion of the assessment exercise,” the statement said.
THE BENEFICIARIES
•Bauchi – N1,574,879,000.002,
•Sokoto – N55,888,506.003,
•Zamfara – N93,253,485.004,
•Niger – N433,375,875.005,
•Jigawa – N208,667,634.006.
•Katsina – N1,973,209,440.007,
•Kano – N944,827,000.008,
•Adamawa- N420,089,840.009,
•Akwa Ibom – N43,504,000.00.
The Nation