Borno spends N515m to take political thugs off streets
Borno State Governor , Prof. Babagana Umara , on Thursday said N 515 m was spent on getting political thugs off the streets of Maiduguri metropolis .
The governor’ s revelation came even as the United Nations Development Programme said it was buying into the state government ’ s “ cash for sanitation initiative , ” a programme which pays each political thug N 30 , 000 monthly for six months after signing a bond not to be involved in political thuggery again .
Umara had in July 2019 launched a “ cash for sanitation ” programme through which 2 , 862 registered members of political thuggery groups were being paid N 30, 000 between July and December (six months ) to abandon thuggery and clean the streets .
When the payment ended in December , the state government subsequently ordered the arrest and prosecution of anyone caught involved in political thuggery.
Speaking at the re - launch of the scheme on Thursday , Umara said the 2 , 862 youths were drawn from the 15 wards in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council and six wards of Jere .
The governor said N 515 m was spent in making the monthly payments to the youth and that payments were made directly into individual ’ s accounts.
He said this was done in addition to getting the youth acquire vocational skills so that they could become productive .
Meanwhile , the UNDP’ s Representative in Borno , Yoshiaki Noguchi , while expressing the interest of the UN agency in the programme said the payment of N 30, 000 would be extended to the participants in the scheme for another three months .
The governor’ s revelation came even as the United Nations Development Programme said it was buying into the state government ’ s “ cash for sanitation initiative , ” a programme which pays each political thug N 30 , 000 monthly for six months after signing a bond not to be involved in political thuggery again .
Umara had in July 2019 launched a “ cash for sanitation ” programme through which 2 , 862 registered members of political thuggery groups were being paid N 30, 000 between July and December (six months ) to abandon thuggery and clean the streets .
When the payment ended in December , the state government subsequently ordered the arrest and prosecution of anyone caught involved in political thuggery.
Speaking at the re - launch of the scheme on Thursday , Umara said the 2 , 862 youths were drawn from the 15 wards in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council and six wards of Jere .
The governor said N 515 m was spent in making the monthly payments to the youth and that payments were made directly into individual ’ s accounts.
He said this was done in addition to getting the youth acquire vocational skills so that they could become productive .
Meanwhile , the UNDP’ s Representative in Borno , Yoshiaki Noguchi , while expressing the interest of the UN agency in the programme said the payment of N 30, 000 would be extended to the participants in the scheme for another three months .
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