Nigerian Government Set Up Camp For Niger Refugee Returnees

Recall that last week, Niger government sent Nigerian refugees in Lake Chad packing [Read HERE]. Over 6,000 of them returned to Nigeria, homeless. However, the Borno Government has said it had established a special camp to cater for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and returnees recently repatriated from the Republic of Niger.

Alhaji Grema Terab, Chairman, State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), said that government had decided to establish a special camp for the returnees because of their peculiar case.

Terab said: "some of the IDPs were living in border communities between Nigeria and Republic of Niger for years without having any business to visit the hinterland.

"We have to keep them in a camp for now, cater for them and treat those that are traumatised with the intention of allowing them to settle with other Nigerians soon," - he said.

He said government was working towards assisting the returnees with fund to start their own businesses.

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