Kogi Communal Clashes: Senate demands rehabilitation of Bassa, Igbira, Komi communities
The upper chamber also urged the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to provide with shelters, educational and health facilities to the internally displaced people.
Jibrin in his lead debate affirmed that the violent clashes that took place in 2016 and 2019 rendered over 100,000 people homeless and, thus, became refugees. The lawmaker said, “educational institutions have been destroyed, with many buildings and other facilities completely burnt down, thereby making it absolutely difficult for the children of the affected communities to access educational facilities.
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