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Ambassadors
By Emmanuel Mogbede
Abuja, May 9, 2017 (NAN)Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hajia Kadijah Abba-Ibrahim, on Tuesday called for greater assistance for the thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North East.
Abba-Ibrahim made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, after a closed-door meeting with some female Ambassadors and High Commissioners to Nigeria.
´´We talked about how they can assist IDPs in Nigeria and we discussed issues relating to their countries and how they can assist their governments´´.
She said that tackling the human condition and human deterioration facing the rescued victims and IDPs required collective efforts.
The Minister further said that the meeting which was meant to open a new dawn for female Ambassadors in Nigeria, would not be the last.
She added that it was expected to be an avenue when the Ambassadors would rub minds and come up with ideas that would ensure the development of their countries.
She, however, said that the meeting was used to view other countries relationship with Nigeria
She expressed happiness over the recent release of 82 Chibok Girls by their abductors and prayed that the remaining girls would be released soon.
Also speaking to NAN, Mrs Toure Maman, Côte d’Ivoire Ambasador to Nigeria described the meeting with the Minister as fulfilling.
´´ The Minister received us today and urged us to work together to improve relations between our countries and Nigeria,” she said.
She commended the Nigerian Government for the recent release of 82 Chibok Girls by the Boko Haram, adding that the government was doing well in handling the situation.
Maman, however, urged the Nigerian Government to ensure that the girls were re-integrated to the society and returned to school without delay.
NAN reports that a report produced by the UN International Organisation for Migration (IOM), there are over 2.1 million (IDPs), representing more than 300,000 households in parts of northern Nigeria.
This is according to a fifth round of the Displacement Tracking Matrix DTM released by the IOM on Sept. 3m 2015, in Abuja, .
IOM said the recent spike in attacks by insurgents in north eastern Nigeria has given rise to steady increase of displacement in the country.The report reveals the results of tracking displaced populations in the six north east states covered in the previous four rounds of the DTM, Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe plus Nassarawa State and the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja. (NAN)
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