Cameroon launches 5.3bn FCfa emergency plan for Extreme-North schools

Due to repeated attacks by the Nigerian Islamist sect, Boko Haram, close to one hundred schools in the Extreme-North region were closed while their students sought refuge in more secure areas where capacity has been overrun by those fleeing Boko Haram.

In order to increase the capacity of these schools flooded by pupils whose parents have fled their homes because of Boko Haram, the Cameroonian government has authorised the allotment of 5.3 billion FCFA for the emergency construction plan for the region.

To realise this project, the government has fallen on the services of the military’s engineering unit, a specialised division of the army to handle the construction of school facilities at-risky areas while firms in calmer areas will execute the emergency plan.