NEMA SUPPORTS RETURNING VICTIMS OF TERRORISM IN LIBERATED COMMUNITIES

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has set up a committee to carry out assessments and determine the immediate needs of people displaced by insurgency who are returning to their communities after the restoration of peace and order by the military.

The Director General of NEMA, Muhammad Sani Sidi, who set up the Committee said it would follow up with immediate provisions of relief materials to assist towards their rehabilitation. He said the Committee has moved into the communities liberated from Boko Haram insurgents in Adamawa State.


Leader of the committee, Musa Zakari said his team would visit all the affected local government areas and assess the needs of the people for the humanitarian supports. He added that truckloads of relief materials have been deployed to some of the areas.

Zakari said his committee had commenced the assessment at Gombi Local Government with a boost from the Minister of Youth Development and former governor of Adamawa State, Mr. Boni Haruna, who accompanied the team on the exercise.

The committee had previously paid a courtesy visit to the Lamido Adamawa, Dr. Muhammadu Bakindo Aliyu Mustapha at his palace in Yola.

The committee also met with the Commander of 28 Taskforce Brigade based in Hong, Brigadier General Victor O. Ezugu who briefed members on success of recent military operations in Adamawa State. He Nigerian troops have secured the local government areas and are firmly on ground , providing security. He added that people displaced by the insurgency were beginning to return to their communities.

Some of the returned residents expressed appreciation for the restoration of peace in their communities and urged government to ensure sustainable security in the communities. They appealed to the government for more support to rebuild their damaged homes.

Seven of eight local government areas occupied by Boko Haram insurgents in Adamawa State have been liberated by the military. Those liberated so far are Mubi North, Mubi South, Hong, Gombi , Maiha , Ganye and Michika, local government area.