Katsina shuts IDP camps, repatriate 27,000

Katsina State government has shut down all Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps across the state. Briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Katsina, the state Commissioner for Youths, Sports and Social Development, Alhaji Sani Aliyu Danlami, listed the camps to include: Dandume, Faskari, Safana, Batsari, Jibia, and Batagarawa in Katsina metropolis. Jigawa Gov Presents N156bn Budget For […]

Katsina State government has shut down all Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps across the state.

Briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Katsina, the state Commissioner for Youths, Sports and Social Development, Alhaji Sani Aliyu Danlami, listed the camps to include: Dandume, Faskari, Safana, Batsari, Jibia, and Batagarawa in Katsina metropolis.

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He said over 27,000 IDPs have been returned back to their homes.

“Over 8000 IDPs were returned home from Dandume camp, Over 7000 from Faskari camp, 4000 from Batsari and others from Jibiya.

“In total, we have returned over 27,000 IDPs to their homes across the state and today in Katsina state, there is not a single person in our IDPs camps,” he said.

He said the IDPs hosted by relatives or those who had the means to rent a house for their families in other towns were not among the repatriated ones.

Danlami said the state government had provided security and assisted the displaced persons with necessary logistics and food stuff.

He explained that those roaming the streets claiming to be displaced persons were actually not from the areas affected by insecurity.