Resettled Borno IDPs In Secured Environment - Commissioner

Engr. Mustapha Gubio

By Melvin Ibe, Maiduguri 

The Borno state Commissioner of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement  ( RRR  ) , Engr. Mustapha Gubio has said that the over one million internally displaced persons ( IDPs  ) so far resettled to their various communities are living under secured atmosphere. 

Gubio said this yesterday in Maiduguri while giving update to newsmen on the resettlement drive of the administration of the State Governor , Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum. 

He said with the collaboration of the Nigerian military, Civilian Joint Taskforce and hunters, the communities where the IDPs have been resettled are under adequate security coverage. 

He said since government and partners alone can not meet the whole needs of the IDPs, the best option is to resettle them back to their ancestral homes to embark on farming and other source of livelihood on their own. 

The Commissioner added that although the resettlement is ongoing, it is only for those IDPs who voluntarily want to go back home, saying that no IDP will be forced to return home except willingly. 

"We have started resettlement of people of different communities since the inception of this administration. Following the completion of reconstruction of houses destroyed by the Boko Haram terrorists in different communities, we have to resettle people because they want to go home to start their businesses. 

"We have resettled the people of Ajiri, later kauri and  Auno then Kukawa and Baga, and now we are focusing on how we will resettle seven more communities in Marte and Gwoza local government areas of Borno state. About one million IDPs have be resettled so far to various communities. 

"In the communities the IDPs have been resettled, we provided amenities such as boreholes , schools, hospitals and distributed cash to the returnees to meet some of their pressing needs," Gubio said. 

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