Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, the governor of Borno State, has expressed concern that, if poverty and dwindling resources are not addressed, some internally displaced persons (IDPs) may resort to join Boko Haram and its offshoot organization, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters.
The governor stated this yesterday in Maiduguri, during the closing of the Dalori-1, Dalori-2, Gubio, and Muna IDP camps.
He said that the state administration could not put its citizens in IDP camps indefinitely.
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He further noted that, under his leadership, State government will do everything possible to guarantee that additional communities are relocated in a respectable way.
“The only way to address the problems of insurgency is for the government to address the root cause which among others includes increasing poverty, infrastructure deficit and the climate vulnerabilities,” Zulum said.
“Therefore, what we need to do is to return the IDPs to their ancestral homes in a dignified manner. Nobody is forced to return to his ancestral home, we are here to support voluntary return in accordance with the Kampala Convention. People will be supported with means of livelihood so that they earned their means of livelihood by themselves otherwise our people shall continue to live in the IDP camps.”
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