UN Secretary Expresses Concern Over Condition Of IDPs, Others In Maiduguri

The United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has expressed concern over the plight of Internally Displaced Persons.

Guterres showed his concern on Tuesday when he visited a rehabilitation centre for victims of Boko Haram and an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Maiaduguri, Borno State.

He also expressed UN’s commitment to continue to support measures to ameliorate their sufferings.

Briefing the UN Chief earlier, Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno lauded UN for its support to the state and urged for more.

Zulum noted that many of the IDPs had stayed for several years in camps and were eager to return to their recovered homes but the destroyed structures were yet to be reconstructed.

He urged for more UN support in the ongoing rehabilitation, reconstruction and resettlement of the IDPs.

At the rehabilitation home, the Borno Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zuwaira Gambo, said from 2016 to date, the centre had rehabilitated 7039 women and children affected by the insurgency.

The UN secretary, who was scheduled to address the press in Maiduguri, could not visit the border town of Banki as earlier scheduled because of time constraint.