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Refugee commission targets 300 houses for displaced person by end of 2020

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The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) targets 200 to 300 housing resettlement scheme for displaced persons and returnees by the end of the year.

Sen. Basheer Mohammed, Federal Commissioner (NCFRMI), made this known on Thursday in Abuja during the commemoration of the 2020 World Refugee Day, themed: Everyone can make a difference; Every action counts.

According to Mohammed, the housing resettlement scheme is in line with the mandates of the commission, to provide a durable solution to affected persons and to make them self reliant.

He stated that the scheme would comprise of 200 to 300 units of two and three bedrooms houses, in all the states where there were Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and refugees.

”We are taking the issues of reintegration and resettlement very seriously and we have gone far in this regard.

”And we believe the best way to restore the dignity of our persons of concern is by resettling them with the aim to make them self reliant.

”We have gone far in this regard, we have approached some stakeholders and we have been allocated some lands.

”T to be specific, we requested for about 50 hectares of land in every state where our persons of concern are settled.

”In this resettlement city, we intend to build between 200 to 300 units comprising of two and three bedrooms that will accommodate these persons of concerns,” he said.

Mohammed explained that the commission intends to have schools, churches and mosques, skills acquisition centers, markets, and police stations, to make their lives more comfortable.

”By God’s grace, we intend to commence this project before the end of the year, because resettlement is key to making sure persons of concerns are taken back to states of origin,” the Federal Commissioner said.

Mohammed assured the displaced persons that the commission would continue to support them in taking them to places of improved dignity and prosperity.

He said that the commemoration of the 2020 World Refugee Day (WRD), in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, showed that the world had not forgotten the plights of displaced persons.

The Federal Commissioner added that the pandemic had also not slowed down the response of the commission, as it had reached out to camps and host communities, providing them with relief items and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

”Our offices are opened in accordance with the Federal Government’s advised protocol and we have also reached out to all camps and host communities, with protective supplies, such as hand sanitizers, buckets, and face masks.

”And to that, we give a big thank you to our partners in this fight, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Nigeria.

”This year’s theme, everyone can make a difference, every action counts, is befitting, especially as we assure you that you are our primary concern,” he said.

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