Olushola Omogbehin
Niger State Governor, Muhammad Umaru Bago, has said that more than 500,000 displaced persons from the state are scattered around Kwara, Kogi, Kebbi Kaduna and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
He revealed that Niger State Government is in partnership with the federal government and development partners to ensure that the 500,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the state get back home soon.
The governor said this in Borgu Local Council at a presidential initiative on the distribution of food, nutritional items and drugs to the vulnerable affected by the humanitarian crisis.
According to him, President Bola Tinubu had directed that the National Park in Borgu be cleared and made habitable to accommodate security apparatuses to address insecurity.
Appreciating the governor’s efforts, the Emir of Borgu, Mohammed Sani Haliru Dantoro Kitoro IV, described him as a leader who has always shown concern for his people.
The Minister of State for Agriculture, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi who acknowledged the efforts of the governor in ensuring the return of peace to the emirate, also thanked the Federal Government for its show of sympathy to the Borgu people.
In a similar way, the Displaced People of Bokkos, a coalition of persons dislodged from their ancestral lands in Bokkos local council of Plateau State, have cried out to Governor Caleb Mutfwang to fulfil his promises of facilitating their return.
In an open letter addressed to the governor yesterday, the group lamented that due to their displacement, they have been forced to live like destitutes in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps, begging for food.
