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UN assures IDPs of proper resettlement
 
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Tue, 3 May 2016   ||   Nigeria,
 

The UN Resident Coordinator, Ms Fatma Samoura, has assured the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) that their sufferings would soon become a thing of the past. Samoura gave the assurance while addressing newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja

Samoura, said that the UN was doing everything possible to ensure that the IDPs resumed their normal lives.“For the IDPs, I just want to encourage them that their sufferings will be a thing of the past very soon.”

“I also want to assure them that conducive conditions for their safe return will be put in place so that they can resume their normal lives,” she said. She said apart from directing the immediate relocation of the UN Humanitarian Coordination Centre to Borno, she had taken steps to improve access to IDPs through dialogue with humanitarian actors.

Samoura said there were people who had still not been reached due to the insurgency, calling for the presence of more security personnel to enable access to those people. “There is the need to enhance the security of the humanitarian actors based in Maiduguri through more regular flights in and out of Maiduguri.

“There is also the need to secure the roads leading to the different capitals of the States in the North East region,” she urged. Samoura said she was undertaking a robust advocacy strategy with international donors. “I have an upcoming trip to Istanbul where I will be attending the World Humanitarian Summit from May 23 to 24.

“I am going to really establish special working group to attract the world attention to the appalling situation to the IDPs and host communities in the North East of Nigeria.

She said such activities included embroideries to make traditional caps, perfumes, knitting and tailoring in the camps. She encouraged the IDPs to continue to be vigilant so as to preserve their safety within the camps. Besides, she enjoined them to work towards peaceful and conducive environment through continued dialogue among the various ethnic groups within the camps and among the different members of their families.

 

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