The federal government has concluded plans to return all Nigerians who are refugees in different camps in Cameroon back to Nigeria, following the gradual return of civil authorities to various locations occupied by members of the dreaded Boko Haram.
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Loading ...Minister of Interior, Gen. Abdurahaman Dambazau, gave the assurance when he visited over sixty thousand (60,000) Nigerian refugees in the Minawao camp, Maruoa in far North region of Cameron as parts of his three days official visit to the country.
A statement signed Monday in Abuja by the Chief Press Secretary to the Minister of Interior, Osaigbovo Ehisienmen, said the Minister also donated food and other essential items to the displaced Nigerians in the country on behalf of the Nigerian government.
The statement said: “Minister of Interior 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, arrangement towards gradual return of Nigerian Refugees back home which would involve a tripartite agreement between Nigeria, Cameroon and United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Maritime Piracy, as well 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.”
Dambazau was accompanied on the trip by the Inspector General of Police Mr. Solomon Arase, the CG Immigration Service Mr. Martins Abeshi, DG National Emergency Management Agency, the Solicitor General of the Federation, Representative of National Refugee Commission and other government officials.
