President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday restated the Federal Government’s commitment towards providing durable solutions to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the country.
Represented by his Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Buhari restated the commitment in Abuja in commemoration of the National Day of IDPs.While empathising with Nigerians who were recently displaced by flood, the president expressed government’s readiness to rehabilitate communities affected by humanitarian crisis.
On her part, the Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons , Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim said that the National Day of IDPs was aimed at celebrating the resilience of IDPs. The commissioner expressed the commission’s continued support to ensure that the most durable and sustainable solutions were put in place for reintegration, rehabilitation and resettlement of persons of concern into the society.
“Also, the Commission’s various project drivers have been developed to boost economic prosperity and national security among other proprammes,” Sulaiman-Ibrahim said. She said that the Ministry commenced the process of review and validation of the national policy on internally displaced persons in collaboration with all relevant actors charged with the responsibility of protection, assistance and durable solutions for IDPs.
Mr Gilbert Mutai, the Assistant Representative, Operations of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, , while commending the Federal Government for its commitment towards persons of concern said that the number of IDPs in Nigeria is 3.2 million.
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