The Federal Government has concluded arrangements to repatriate 60,000 Nigerian refugees in the Minawao camp, Maruoa in far North region of Cameroon, displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East.
The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, gave the assurance when he visited the camp during his 3-day visit to Cameroon.
A statement by the Press Secretary to the minister, Osaigbovo Ehisienmen, on Monday in Abuja, said Dambazau, donated food and other essential items to the displaced Nigerians on behalf of the Federal Government.
The minister who was accompanied on the trip by the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, the CG Immigration Service, Martins Abeshi and other senior officials, said the refugees would be brought back to communities liberated by troops.
In a related development, the minister has jointly signed a communiqué at the end of a bilateral meeting with officials of Cameroon Interior Ministry on issues related to exchange of information on the organization and duties of Interior Ministry of both countries, and also on the return of Nigerian refugees back home which would involve a tripartite agreement between Nigeria, Cameroon and United Nations Commission on Human Rights and Maritime Piracy.
Dambazau also signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of regular consultation mechanisms between authorities of the Cameroonian regions, and states in Nigeria located along the common border.
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