300,000 NIGERIANS DISPLACED BY BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY TAKES REFUGE IN CAMEROON, CHAD, NIGER REPUBLICS

According to her, “We also controlled diseases such as cholera, measles and Hepatitis, as well as malnutrition and provided water to affected persons’, adding that  government had worked out modalities to ensure continuity and consolidate on the feat achieved in reconstruction, rehabilitation, reconciliation and re-settlement.

Ahmad emphasised the need for effective programmes to build resilience and provide livelihoods to enable displaced persons to return to their homes and resume their normal lives.

She commended the military over the successes recorded in the counter-insurgency operation in the region, noting that the military had been overstretched, and called for engagement of police to facilitate restoration of civil authorities.

The minister expressed concern over proliferation of humanitarian organisations especially in Borno, saying most of the groups operate without proper registration, and therefore suggested effective modalities to fast track rehabilitation and training of teachers, nurses and doctors to address manpower shortage and enhance delivery of quality education and healthcare services.

In his own remark, Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, said federal government had signed a tripartite agreement with Cameroun and UN-Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to facilitate safe and voluntary return of refugees.

He said “there are about 90,000 Nigerian refugees in Cameroun alone. We have a technical committee and we are working with Cameroonian authorities to sort out some issues.The movement, expected to hold now, has, however, been shifted to next month”

Dambazau said sound programmes were also implemented for rehabilitation, resettlement and de-radicalisation of repentant insurgents, adding that government had adopted effective modalities to address social, economic and ecological challenges facing the northeast region.