Yobe State government has restated its commitment to the domestication of national policies on internally displaced persons.
This was made known by the state governor, Mai Buni, represented by his Secretary to the State Government, Baba Malam-Wali, at a Special Session with Development Partners.
He revealed that the state will allocate five per cent of its 2015, 2016 and 2017 total budget to support durable solutions for IDPs in the state, according to Channels TV.
He said, “Yobe is the first state in the country to take strategic steps to address the complex challenges of displacement in line and response to the United Nations Secretary-General’s agenda and solution to displacement.
“I am delighted to say Yobe state in the last 5 years successfully constructed, rehabilitated and established new structures, provided healthcare as well as constructed roads, provided electricity and water to make life more meaningful for the returning host communities.
“I am delighted to inform you, that Yobe state will commit 5 per cent of its 2015, 2016 and 2017 total budget for the durable solution of Internally Displaced Persons in the state” he said.
Earlier in his welcome remarks, the Project Coordinator, Solutions for the Internally Displaced and Host Communities, Dauda Suleiman, had explained three key objectives that were to be discussed.
“The objectives are to enable the state to have clear strategies for the achievement of durable solutions for the displaced population through the solution pathways, afford internally displaced population to have social and economic opportunities and for the policy to ensure the state complies with the national, regional and international legal instrument to provide a comprehensive framework for the protection of IDPs,” he said.
