The Nigerian government has approved the commencement of the Fulako initiative to construct houses, schools, hospitals, clinics, veterinary facilities, and implement solar energy projects in the northern part of the country.
This initiative is part of the administration’s non-kinetic response to the challenges of banditry and kidnapping in the region.
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris Malagi, made this known in his keynote address at the opening of the 2023 Jamaatu Nasril Islam Central Council meeting held in Minna, Niger State.
He noted that the Fulako initiative is President Tinubu’s unique humanitarian response to the impact of banditry in the affected communities and will be executed in six states in the North, namely Zamfara, Kebbi, Kaduna, Katsina, Niger, and Benue.
Malagi said, “The initiative is all-encompassing and encapsulated in the Renewed Hope Agenda that seeks to reform the economy, guarantee national security, achieve food security, unlock our natural resources’ potentials, build infrastructure with a focus on health and social investment, as well as accelerate diversification, innovation, and improve governance delivery.”
Addressing the 2023 budget estimate presented before the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu, Malagi revealed that N75 billion has been allocated to the Presidential Conditional Grant Scheme and palliative programmes.
The minister stressed that the Federal Government remains committed to providing relief to Nigerians in all 36 states and Abuja, underscoring the need for collective efforts by all Nigerians to ensure the success of these endeavours.
Banditry: Nigerian govt to commence building houses, schools, hospitals in north
