500K households to benefit N17, 000 from body
The chairman said that the agency planned to reach out to 1.4 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) taking refuge in other communities.
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Satomi, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Maiduguri, said 35, 000 households had so far benefited.
``We are targeting the most vulnerable couples, widows and those who have passed through great hardship as a result of the insurgency.
``Apart from our IDPs in the 28 camps, we also have about a million of them taking refuge in host communities of Jere and Maiduguri Metropolitan Council.
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``The token would be given to them to encourage them to start up something that would enable them cater for their families to alleviate their suffering.
``We will go to each and every of these households to obtain their bio-metric data and head count.
``We will also try to see how we can empower them on basic skills acquisition as well as entrepreneurship which will go a long way in assisting the beneficiaries.
``So far, we have started with Gwange one, two and three, Meri and Shettimari areas in the state capital," Satomi said.
He said that the state government would soon start distributing food items to the IDPs in their host communities.
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