Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said Federal Government is committed to the rebuilding of the North-Eastern states that have been ravaged by the Boko Haram sect.
He said on Friday that the government would rebuild the affected communities and make them safe and habitable.
According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, the Vice-President spoke during a meeting with a delegation from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. While commending the UNHCR for its assistance so far, Osinbajo was quoted to have requested for more assistance to enable the government to achieve its aim.
“We are looking forward to more assistance from the UNHCR,” the vice-president told the team led by the UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner, Mr. Volker Turk.
He said although the commission had done a lot, there is still a long way to go.
He listed some of the initiatives put in place to address the situation of the North-East to include the Safe Schools Initiative, Victims Support Fund and the Presidential Initiative on North-East, among others.
Osinbajo said the initiatives were now structured under the Presidential Committee on the North-East Initiatives for which President Muhammadu Buhari had appointed Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.) to lead.
While noting that the situation in the North-East presented an enormous challenge, the VP said the UNHCR is “peculiarly equipped to deal with this kind of situation.”
He said, “We urge the UNHCR to work with us as closely as possible on the resettlement and rehabilitation of Internally Displaced People.’’
Osinbajo also commended Nigerians in the North-East for accommodating the IDPs in their own homes and communities.
In his remarks, Turk said it is the aim of the UNHCR to support and assist the Federal Government.
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