By Michael V. Bolgent in Adamawa
Senator Ishaku Abbo, representing Adamawa North in the
National Assembly has called on security Agencies to draw a timeline to end
insurgency so as to resettle the Internally Displaced Persons to their
homes.
Senator Abbo said this on Thursday, August 27 at the
Teachers Village IDP Camp, during an oversight tour of the Senate standing
committee on Special duties to Maiduguri Borno state of some projects funded by
the Northeast Development Commission, the National Emergency Management Agency
and the National Commission for Refugees Migrants.
Abbo who was visibly angry and fighting back tears in
the IDP camps said” the primary responsibilities of the government as enshrined
in the constituency of Federal Republic of Nigeria, is security and welfare of
the people”
According to Abbo "the real issue on ground is
that this sea of children are living inside IDPs camp. They have to be
resettled, they have to go back home.
"We cannot run an IDP Camp for 7 to 12 years, it’s
a clear indication that we have failed we failed as leaders and as a people.
These people are losing their identities, they don't know their villages, they
don't know where they come from, some are born in the IDPs, it cannot
continue.
The senator who asked the IDPs in Hausa “what do you
want? The people replied in unison we want to go back home” Said
"LGA by LGA these people must be resettled back to
their homes so that they can have a dignified way of life and earn a living on
their own. They cannot continue to be given food like beggars.
The senator thanked Gov. Babagana Zullum for the good
work he is doing for the people of Borno state and Nigeria at large.
Most of the IDPs came from Kukawa, Abadan and Marte LGA
of Borno state.
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