In its efforts to provide succour and give comfort to the Persons of
Concern (POCs) in the country, National Commission for Refugees,
Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), under the leadership
of Honourable Federal Commissioner, Senator Basheer Garba Mohammed has
distributed items to IDPs in Kaduna, Kwara, Sokoto and Plateau states.
NCFRMI Honourable Federal Commissioner, Senator Mohammed disclosed this
in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,
Sadiq Abdullateef, on Tuesday in Abuja.
According to the statement, the items disbursed include food items,
clothes, educational pack, water sanitation items, shelter materials,
agricultural inputs and palliatives.
The beneficiaries include over 5000 IDPs from Kajuru camp in Kaduna
state; over 3,000 IDPs from Ilorin camp in Kwara state; over 7500
displaced persons from Goronyo and Dan Tsako camps in Sokoto state and
over a 3,000 displaced persons from Jos camps in Plateau state.
NCFRMI Honourable Federal Commissioner, who was represented by the head
of Refugees unit of the commission, Dahiru Bagiwa said, the commission
is planning to build the first NCFRMI Resettlement City Development
Project in several states so as to relocate the country’s over 2.4
million displaced persons with the support of President Muhammdu Buhari
and the Humanitarian Minister, Sadiya Umar Farouk.
Other representatives are; Head of the North-West Zonal office, Nasiru
Muhammad for the Sokoto state distribution; Senior Admin Officer of the
commission, Aisha Muhammad for the Kaduna state disbursement and an
Admin Officer, John Dama for the Plateau state distribution.