Boko Haram: FG to complete reconstruction of UN building by October

The Federal Government has reassured that it will meet the October 2016 deadline for the repair of the United Nations building that was bombed by insurgents in 2013.

This assurance was given Wednesday by the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, while playing host to a delegation led by the United Nations Resident Coodinator and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Nigeria, Ms Fatma Samoura, Wednesday in his office.

While assuring that the present government is very security conscious, he added that terrorism, has been curtailed and Nigeria is a safer place today.

In response to the plight of about 1,900 UN Staff that are presently suffering office accommodation inconveniences, Udoma stated that the Federal Government is sorry about the present UN Office accommodation inconvenience.

“I shall effectively liaise with the Federal Capital Territory Administration and Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ensure that the October 2016 rebuilding deadline of the Nigeria’s UN building is met, all that is required for the staff to move into the building will be addressed,” he assured.