FG to rebuild UN building in Abuja with N2.6billion

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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Balla Mohammed has revealed in a visit to his Foreign Affairs counterpart, Mr. Olugbenga Ashiru in the company of the UN in Nigeria officials that the Federal Government has approved the reconstruction of the bombed UN buliding in Abuja with the sum of N2.6billion.

The visit was to mark the one year anniversary  of the bombing of the UN building on August 26, 2011 which was claimed by the dreaded Boko Haram sect. 23 people died in the attack.

It was also revealed that N600m had already been spent on providing alternative accommodation for the UN Agencies whose offices were affected in last year's incident.