The governor of Kaduna State, Uba Sani, has said that the federal government has put plans in motion to begin to rebuild Tudun Biri, the community that was the target of the Nigeria Army drone strike that killed civilians after mistaking them for terrorists.
The governor said this in an interview on Arise News on Thursday, where he also spoke on plans that the Kaduna State government has for the rehabilitation of the community, as well as the provision of palliatives to the victims of the blasts as well as their families.
Sani expressed happiness over the fact that his call for compensation to the families of the victims was also approved.
He relayed a message ftom President Bola Ahmed Tinubu through Vice-President Kashim Shettima, who paid a visit to the victims of the drone strike on Thursday, saying, “The Federal Government will pay compensation to the family, apart from paying compensation, they will rebuild the entire community.”
Sani went on to explain the development of the community rebuilding saying that President Tinubu has planned to, within two months, begin a program to provide accommodation where displaced persons in different states in Nigeria – Kaduna being one of those states – could live and build communities.
He then said, “Because of this incident, Mr. President has directed that the program should start in Kaduna, and the Tudun Biri community should be the first community to benefit in the whole of the country,
“So, in the next few weeks, by the grace of God, the Federal government will start rebuilding the houses for them.”
He went on to appreciate the presidency on their assistance to the state, saying, “When the incident happened, I called on the Federal Government to initiate investigation and probe the incident, and I also thank Mr. President and Mr. Vice-President for responding positively to our call because Mr. President quickly initiated the investigation.”
