The United Nations has put the amount of properties, including homes, schools, bridges and roads, destroyed since 2009, especially in the Northeast at $9 billion.The world body said that Borno state alone suffered losses worth $6.2 billion.
According to the President of the UN Security Council, Matthew Rycroft, the number of displaced is shocking, saying: “the number of children suffering from malnutrition is alarming. It is like suffering twice.”
The UN President, who spoke to news men when he visited Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, said that the global body is stepping up support to the region as many who fled Boko Haram violence are now facing a humanitarian crisis.
Source: Bloombarge. [myad]
