The Borno State governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has said that without German intervention in the humanitarian crisis, many youths would have joined the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno and the North East.
The German government has been the major donor of the 1,000 housing estate constructed in Ngarannam community, Mafa LGA of the state.
The governor, who disclosed this during a high-level visit by the German Foreign Affairs Minister, Annalena Baerbock, to Ngarannam community, on Monday, said the huge German support had curtailed the escalation of the Boko Haram crisis to Europe and the entire world.
“Without this support, I believed that many youth would have joined join ISWAP, join ISIS and that would have caused problems not only to the northeastern states, entire northern Nigeria but also to entire Europe and the entire world,” he said.
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He noted that the Regional Stabilization Facility amounting to €50 million, which Germany was the highest contributor, had tremendously supported the government and people of Borno State.
“Through the stabilization facility we were able to resettle not fewer than 45,000 people and police stations were reconstructed, means of livelihood were provided.
“You can see that more than 3,000 are living in Ngaramman community and this is only one of the eight communities that Germany had so far intervened,” he said.
Earlier, the German Foreign Affairs Minister, said that building communities in the state would help in fighting terrorism, and give children future through education, and good healthcare facilities.
“Education is the best promise for the coming future and we can see how important it’s here to engage the communities because people know the best way to build a future for their children,” he added.
